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临渊羡鱼

lín yuān xiàn yú

4-character word Traditional 臨淵羨魚

What 临渊羡鱼 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 临渊羡鱼

• 临línto face; to overlook; to arrive
• 渊yuāndeep pool; deep; profound
• 羡xiànto envy
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼

Words starting with 临渊羡鱼

• 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎngbetter to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)…