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得鱼忘筌

dé yú wàng quán

4-character word Traditional 得魚忘筌

What 得鱼忘筌 means

1. lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi {庄子|Zhuāng zǐ}); fig. to take help for granted

The characters in 得鱼忘筌

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼
• 忘wàngto forget; to overlook; to neglect
• 筌quánbamboo fish trap