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临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网

lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng

11-character word Traditional 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網

What 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 means

1. better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
2. one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim

The characters in 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网

• 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
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 结jiéknot; sturdy; bond
• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net