臨淵羨魚
Chinese
to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before |
abyss | to envy | fish | ||
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trad. (臨淵羨魚) | 臨 | 淵 | 羨 | 魚 | |
simp. (临渊羡鱼) | 临 | 渊 | 羡 | 鱼 | |
Literally: “to stand on the edge of a pool and idly long for fish”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄩˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: línyuansiànyú
- Wade–Giles: lin2-yüan1-hsien4-yü2
- Yale: lín-ywān-syàn-yú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liniuanshiannyu
- Palladius: линьюаньсяньюй (linʹjuanʹsjanʹjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lin³⁵ ɥɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ y³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 臨淵羨魚
- to wish for something good but take no action to obtain it; irresoluteness
Derived terms
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