Jì Xiàn lín
Ji Xianlin (1911-2009), Chinese linguist and Indologist
lín yuān xiàn yú
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]
lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng
better to return home and weave a net than stand by water and desire the fishes (idiom)
one should take practical steps to achieve one’s aims
it is vain to fish without a hook, or read without a book
lín yuān xiàn yú bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng
rather than admiring fish, go home and weave a net
qīn xiàn
to admire
to hold in high esteem
lín chuān xiàn yú
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]
lín hé xiàn yú
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]
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