钓鱼台

釣魚臺

Diàoyútái

proper noun #53,964

Meanings

1 Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, in Beijing
2 fishing terrace
3 Diaoyutai Islands, the name used in Taiwan for the Diaoyu Islands

Characters

to fish (with a line)

terrace; platform

Examples

HSK 5

外国领导人来北京访问，常常住在钓鱼台。

Wàiguó lǐngdǎorén lái Běijīng fǎngwèn, chángcháng zhù zài Diàoyútái.

Foreign leaders visiting Beijing often stay at Diaoyutai.

HSK 7-9

不管外面怎么说，他都稳坐钓鱼台，一点也不着急。

Bùguǎn wàimian zěnme shuō, tā dōu wěn zuò diàoyútái, yìdiǎn yě bù zháojí.

Whatever others say, he sits tight on his fishing terrace, not the least bit worried.

Tips

usage

The saying 任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台 'let the wind and waves rise, I sit firm on my fishing terrace' means staying calm whatever happens; 任从 is an older form of 任凭.

history

The Beijing site is named after a fishing terrace built there by an emperor of the Jurchen Jin dynasty in the 12th century. The guesthouse opened in 1959 for state visitors, and its ginkgo avenue is famous in autumn. In Taiwan 钓鱼台 also names the islands the mainland calls 钓鱼岛.

Stroke Order

钓 diào

鱼 yú

台 tái