| 授之以鱼不如授之以渔 |
shòu zhī yǐ yú bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yú |
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom) |
| 授 |
shòu |
(bound form) to confer; to give / (bound form) to teach; to instruct / (literary) to appoint |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 以 |
yǐ |
old variant of 以 |
| 以 |
yǐ |
old variant of 以 |
| 以 |
Yǐ |
abbr. for Israel 以色列 |
| 以 |
yǐ |
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place) |
| 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) |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不如 |
bù rú |
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to / it would be better to |
| 如 |
rú |
as / as if / such as |
| 授 |
shòu |
(bound form) to confer; to give / (bound form) to teach; to instruct / (literary) to appoint |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 以 |
yǐ |
old variant of 以 |
| 以 |
yǐ |
old variant of 以 |
| 以 |
Yǐ |
abbr. for Israel 以色列 |
| 以 |
yǐ |
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place) |
| 渔 |
yú |
fisherman / to fish |