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Trad. 釣魚
  • to fish (with line and hook); to angle
  • (fig.) to entrap
  • (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing
Trad. 釣魚島
  • Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands
Trad. 釣魚臺
  • Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China
Trad. 穩坐釣魚臺
  • lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom)
  • fig. to stay calm in a tense situation
Trad. 太公釣魚,願者上鉤
  • Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
Trad. 姜太公釣魚,願者上鉤
  • Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose

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