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临河羡鱼

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4-character word Traditional 臨河羨魚

What 临河羡鱼 means

1. see 臨淵羨魚，临渊羡鱼，{不如退而结网|lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng}

The characters in 临河羡鱼

• 临línto face; to overlook; to arrive
• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 羡xiànto envy
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼