得鱼忘筌

Traditional: 得魚忘筌

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Dictionary entry

lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. to take help for granted

What does 得鱼忘筌 mean?

得鱼忘筌 (dé yú wàng quán) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. to take help for granted

Character breakdown

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得déto obtain · to get 鱼Yúsurname Yu 忘wàngto forget · to overlook 筌quánbamboo fish trap

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