授人以魚，不如授人以漁 (sau6 jan4 ji5 jyu4 bat1 jyu4 sau6 jan4 ji5 jyu4 | shou4 ren2 yi3 yu2 bu4 ru2 shou4 ren2 yi3 yu2) : it's better to teach a man to fish than to give a man a fish

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授人以魚，不如授人以漁

sau6 jan4 ji5 jyu4 bat1 jyu4 sau6 jan4 ji5 jyu4

shou4 ren2 yi3 yu2 bu4 ru2 shou4 ren2 yi3 yu2

it's better to teach a man to fish than to give a man a fish

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

授人以魚，不如授人以漁 / 授人以鱼，不如授人以渔

This word has been viewed 2879 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 20th Feb 2014 01:31

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授 sau6 - confer; teach
人 jan4 - person; human being
以 ji5 - by means of; because of
魚 jyu4 - fish
， - (not in database)
不 bat1 - not; no; un-
如 jyu4 - if, as if, like, equal to
授 sau6 - confer; teach
人 jan4 - person; human being
以 ji5 - by means of; because of
漁 jyu4 - fishing

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