放长线钓大鱼

Traditional form:

放長線釣大魚

Pinyin (reading):

fàngchángxiàndiàodàyú

Definitions:

• use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns

Characters:

• 放 - to release, to liberate, to free
• 长 - long, lasting; to excel in
• 线 - line, thread, wire; clue, trail
• 钓 - fishhook; to fish, to lure
• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 鱼 - fish

Traditional characters:

• 放 - to release, to liberate, to free
• 長 - long, lasting; to excel in
• 線 - line, thread, wire; clue, trail
• 釣 - fishhook; to fish, to lure
• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 魚 - fish