shòu​rén​yǐ​yú​bù​rú​shòu​rén​yǐ​yú

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day

  • created sense approved 授人以鱼不如授人以渔/授人以魚不如授人以漁 · shòu​rén​yǐ​yú​bù​rú​shòu​rén​yǐ​yú · give a man a fish and you feed him for a day — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    授人以鱼不如授人以渔 / 授人以魚不如授人以漁

    shòu​rén​yǐ​yú​bù​rú​shòu​rén​yǐ​yú

    give a man a fish and you feed him for a day

    It is better to teach someone a skill than to simply provide for their immediate needs; knowledge is the best charity.

    授 (literal) → 授 · shòu · to teach 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · other people 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish 不如 (literal) → 不如 · bù​rú · it would be better to 授 (literal) → 授 · shòu · to teach 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · other people 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