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授人以魚不如授人以漁

授人以魚不如授人以漁

Chinese

 
to teach; to instruct; to award; to give
man; person; people
 
to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
fish not; no; (negative prefix) as (if); such as
 
to teach; to instruct; to award; to give
man; person; people
 
to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
fisherman; to fish
trad. (授人以魚不如授人以漁)
simp. (授人以鱼不如授人以渔)

Proverb

授人以魚不如授人以漁

  1. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.