临河羡鱼
lín​hé​xiàn​yú

to stand by the river longing for fish

  • created reference approved 临河羡鱼/臨河羨魚 → 临渊羡鱼/臨淵羨魚 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    临河羡鱼 / 臨河羨魚 lín​hé​xiàn​yú

    临渊羡鱼 / 臨淵羨魚 lín​yuān​xiàn​yú

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 临河羡鱼/臨河羨魚 · lín​hé​xiàn​yú · to stand by the river longing for fish — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    临河羡鱼 / 臨河羨魚

    lín​hé​xiàn​yú

    to stand by the river longing for fish

    (idiom) to have a wishful heart but take no practical action; it is better to go home and weave a net than to merely long for fish by the water's edge

    临 (literal) → 临/臨 · lín · to face 河 (literal) → 河 · hé · river 羡 (literal) → 羡 · xiàn · to envy 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense