to envy

to admire; to adore

surplus; profit

to admire

to envy

to marvel at

(literary) to admire; to envy

to admire; to hold in high esteem

Ji Xianlin (1911-2009), Chinese linguist and Indologist

see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]

see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]

see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]

enviable; to be admired

to be green with envy (neologism c. 2009)

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