放长线钓大鱼
放长线钓大鱼
fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú
use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
idiom
Traditional: 放長線釣大魚
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- (idiom) use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
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Related Words
划(huá)— to row
→大器晚成(dà qì wǎn chéng)— lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
→守株待兔，缘木求鱼(shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú)— to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
→得鱼忘筌(dé yú wàng quán)— lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. to take help for granted
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