临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网 (臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網)
lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng
Pinyin

Definition

临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网 (臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網)
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lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng
  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

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
rú guǒ
  1. 1 if
  2. 2 in case
  3. 3 in the event that
ér
  1. 1 and
  2. 2 as well as
  3. 3 and so
  4. 4 but (not)
  5. 5 yet (not)
  6. 6 (indicates causal relation)
  7. 7 (indicates change of state)
  8. 8 (indicates contrast)
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after

Idioms (20)

一不做,二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十,十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜,一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)