diào
Traditional: 釣
钓 (diào) is a Chinese word meaning “to fish with a hook and line; to angle”.
Meanings
- 1to fish with a hook and line; to angle
Related words
钓鱼to fish (with line and hook); to angle钓竿fishing rod钓鱼竿fishing rod钓具fishing tackle垂钓angling钓钩fishhook沽名钓誉to angle for fame (idiom)钓鱼台Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China海钓sea angling任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom)冰钓ice fishing太公钓鱼，愿者上钩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