たい
 
 

expression, Godan verb

Idiomatic expression.
  1. to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale, to use a sprat to catch a mackerel, to get big returns on a small investment.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
たい
 
 
海老で鯛を釣る えびでたいをつる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

sea, ocean
カイ うみ み (2nd, N4)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
every
マイ ごと つね (2nd, N5)
person, (人 variant)
do not, must not, be not
ブ ム はは (Kentei 1)
old man, old age, grow old
ロウ お.いる ふ.ける (4th, N3)
variant of radical 125
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
sea bream, red snapper
たい チョウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
fish
さかな ギョ うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
circumference, circuit, lap
シュウ まわ.り あまね (4th, N2)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
good luck, (吉 variant)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
angling, fish, catch
つ.る つり チョウ (Early High School, N1)
gold
キン きむ かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン すべ.て まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
to divide
ladle, one tenth of a go, dip
シャク (N1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)