give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime; knowledge is the best charity
trad. 授人以魚不如授人以漁
Also written 授人以魚不如授人以漁【shòu rén yǐ yú bù rú shòu rén yǐ yú】
Characters in this word
7授
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(bound form) to confer; to give, (bound form) to teach; to instruct, (literary) to appoint
- Pinyin
- shòu
- Strokes
- 11
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
以
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old variant of 以[yi3]
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Traditional
- 㕥
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 367 of 2500
鱼
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surname Yu
- Pinyin
- Yú
- Traditional
- 魚
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1545 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
如
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as, as if, such as
- Pinyin
- rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1252 of 2500
渔
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fisherman, to fish
- Pinyin
- yú
- Traditional
- 漁
- Strokes
- 11