临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网
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- 1. better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
- 2. one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
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Child Words of 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网
no; not so
not equal to
as
(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)
knot
net
and
to face
to retreat; to withdraw
fish
deep pool
to spin a web (spider)
to envy
see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng]