授之以魚不如授之以漁 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 授之以鱼不如授之以渔 shòuzhīyǐyúbùrúshòuzhīyǐyú ㄕㄡˋ ㄓ ㄧˇ ㄩˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄡˋ ㄓ ㄧˇ ㄩˊ give a man a fish and you feed him for a day teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom) Character by character 授(shòu)confer 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de) 以(yǐ)use 魚(yú)surname Yu 不(bù)no 如(rú)as 授(shòu)confer 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de) 以(yǐ)use 漁(yú)fisherman A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0