放長線釣大魚

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line	to fish with a hook and bait	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	fish
trad. (放長線釣大魚/放長綫釣大魚)		放	長	線/綫	釣	大	魚
simp. (放长线钓大鱼)		放	长	线	钓	大	鱼
Literally: “to throw a long line to catch a big fish”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàng chángxiàn diào dàyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ coeng⁴ sin³ diu³ daai⁶ jyu^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàng chángxiàn diào dàyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàng chángsiàn diào dàyú
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴ chʻang²-hsien⁴ tiao⁴ ta⁴-yü²
    • Yale: fàng cháng-syàn dyàu dà-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanq charngshiann diaw dahyu
    • Palladius: фан чансянь дяо даюй (fan čansjanʹ djao dajuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ coeng⁴ sin³ diu³ daai⁶ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: fong chèuhng sin diu daaih yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ tsoeng⁴ sin³ diu³ daai⁶ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ cêng⁴ xin³ diu³ dai⁶ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ siːn³³ tiːu̯³³ taːi̯²² jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

Idiom

放長線釣大魚

1. to adopt a long-term plan to secure something big

   • 同年六月，上海發表了《工人階級說話了》，賡即展開了反「右派」鬥爭，大家這才明白，原來是「放長線釣大魚」，讓你浮出水面，一網打盡。 [MSC, trad.]
     同年六月，上海发表了《工人阶级说话了》，赓即展开了反「右派」斗争，大家这才明白，原来是「放长线钓大鱼」，让你浮出水面，一网打尽。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2015, 赵芳举, 《夕阳忆语──时代的变迁和我的托派生涯》, chapter 19

     Tóngnián liùyuè, Shànghǎi fābiǎo le “Gōngrén jiējí shuōhuà le”, gēngjí zhǎnkāi le fǎn “yòupài” dòuzhēng, dàjiā zhè cái míngbai, yuánlái shì “fàng chángxiàn diào dàyú”, ràng nǐ fúchū shuǐmiàn, yīwǎngdǎjìn. [Pinyin]

     In June of the same year, an article titled "The working class has spoken out" was published in Shanghai, which was immediately followed by the Anti-Rightist Campaign. Then the people realized that it was a long-term plan to make [the "Rightists"] identify themselves and catch them all.