created sense approved 授人以鱼不如授人以渔/授人以魚不如授人以漁 · shòurényǐyúbùrúshòurényǐyú · 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
shòurényǐyúbùrúshòurényǐyú
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 · bùrú · 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