| 稳坐钓鱼台 |
wěn zuò diào yú tái |
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation |
| 稳 |
wěn |
settled; steady; stable |
| 坐 |
Zuò |
surname Zuo |
| 坐 |
zuò |
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座 |
| 钓 |
diào |
to fish with a hook and line; to angle |
| 钓鱼 |
diào yú |
to fish (with line and hook); to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing |
| 钓鱼台 |
Diào yú tái |
Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China |
| 鱼 |
Yú |
surname Yu |
| 鱼 |
yú |
fish (CL:条,尾) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鳄鱼 and octopi 章鱼) |
| 鱼台 |
Yú tái |
see 鱼台县 |
| 台 |
Tái |
Taiwan (abbr.) / surname Tai |
| 台 |
tāi |
used in place names |
| 台 |
tái |
(classical) you (in letters) / variant of 台 |
| 台 |
tái |
desk; table; counter |
| 台 |
Tái |
Taiwan (abbr.) |
| 台 |
tái |
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines |
| 台 |
tái |
typhoon |