created reference approved 得鱼忘筌/得魚忘筌 → 庄子/莊子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
得鱼忘筌 / 得魚忘筌 déyúwàngquán
庄子 / 莊子 zhuāngzǐ
see
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 得鱼忘筌/得魚忘筌 · déyúwàngquán · to reach the goal and forget the means — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
得鱼忘筌 / 得魚忘筌
déyúwàngquán
to reach the goal and forget the means
to grasp the underlying meaning or essence and discard the literal words or forms; (of a scholar or sage) to focus on the truth rather than the vehicle of expression; based on [[庄子|莊子|zhuang1 zi3]]
得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish 忘 (literal) → 忘 · wàng · to forget 筌 (literal) → 筌 · quán · bamboo fish trap
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 得鱼忘筌/得魚忘筌 · déyúwàngquán · to be ungrateful — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
得鱼忘筌 / 得魚忘筌
déyúwàngquán
to be ungrateful
to forget the people or tools that helped once one's goal has been attained; to cast aside one's supporters or roots after succeeding
得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish 忘 (literal) → 忘 · wàng · to forget 筌 (literal) → 筌 · quán · bamboo fish trap
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition