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]
trad. 臨河羨魚
Also written 臨河羨魚【lín hé xiàn yú】
Characters in this word
4临
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to face, to overlook, to arrive, to be (just) about to, just before
- Pinyin
- lín
- Traditional
- 臨
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2068 of 2500
河
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]), (bound form) the Yellow River, (bound form) the Milky Way, (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2 fen3]
- Pinyin
- hé
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4501 of 2500
羡
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to envy
- Pinyin
- xiàn
- Traditional
- 羨
- Strokes
- 12
鱼
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surname Yu
- Pinyin
- Yú
- Traditional
- 魚
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1545 of 2500