use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
trad. 放長線釣大魚
Also written 放長線釣大魚【fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú】
Characters in this word
6放
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to put, to place, to release, to free, to let go, to let out, to set off (fireworks)
- Pinyin
- fàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 392 of 2500
长
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long, (bound form) length, (bound form) strong point; forte, (bound form) to be good at, (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 長
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1042 of 2500
线
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variant of 線|线[xian4]
- Pinyin
- xiàn
- Traditional
- 綫
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 2432 of 2500
钓
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to fish with a hook and line; to angle
- Pinyin
- diào
- Traditional
- 釣
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 13159 of 2500
大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
鱼
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surname Yu
- Pinyin
- Yú
- Traditional
- 魚
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1545 of 2500