授之以魚不如授之以漁
shòu​zhī​yǐ​yú​bù​rú​shòu​zhī​yǐ​yú

teach a man to fish

  • created sense approved 授之以鱼不如授之以渔/授之以魚不如授之以漁 · shòu​zhī​yǐ​yú​bù​rú​shòu​zhī​yǐ​yú · teach a man to fish — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    授之以鱼不如授之以渔 / 授之以魚不如授之以漁

    shòu​zhī​yǐ​yú​bù​rú​shòu​zhī​yǐ​yú

    teach a man to fish

    give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime

    授 (literal) → 授 · shòu · to teach 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · it 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish 不如 (literal) → 不如 · bù​rú · not as good as 授 (literal) → 授 · shòu · to teach 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · it 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 渔 (literal) → 渔/漁 · yú · to fish

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

    created sense