临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网

Traditional: 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網

lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng

Dictionary entry

better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)

What does 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 mean?

临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 (lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)

2one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim

Character breakdown

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临línto face · to overlook 渊yuāndeep pool · deep 羡xiànto envy 鱼Yúsurname Yu 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-如rúas · as if 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw · to reject; to return (sth)而érand · as well as

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临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网

lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng

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