授之以鱼不如授之以渔 in English shou4 zhi1 yi3 yu2 bu4 ru2 shou4 zhi1 yi3 yu2 Meaning

Meanings

  • give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

授 之 以 鱼 不 如 授 之 以 渔

Traditional Characters

授 之 以 魚 不 如 授 之 以 漁

Pinyin

shou4 zhi1 yi3 yu2 bu4 ru2 shou4 zhi1 yi3 yu2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

授shou4to teach 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 以yi3old variant of 以[yi3] 鱼yu2surname Yu 不bu4(negative prefix) 如ru2as 授shou4to teach 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 以yi3old variant of 以[yi3] 渔yu2fisherman