姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩

Traditional form:

姜太公釣魚，願者上鉤

Pinyin (reading):

Jiāngtàigōngdiàoyú,yuànzhěshànggōu

Definitions:

• 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

Characters:

• 姜 - ginger; surname
• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 钓 - fishhook; to fish, to lure
• 鱼 - fish
• 愿 - desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing
• 者 - that which; they who; those who
• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
• 钩 - hook, barb, sickle; to hook, to link

Traditional characters:

• 姜 - ginger; surname
• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 釣 - fishhook; to fish, to lure
• 魚 - fish
• 願 - desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing
• 者 - that which; they who; those who
• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
• 鉤 - hook, barb, sickle; to hook, to link