授之以魚不如授之以漁 shòu zhī yǐ yú bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yú

DEFINITIONS

  1. 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)

CHARACTERS

授 shòu give to, transmit; confer
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
以 yǐ by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
魚 yú fish; surname; KangXi radical 195
不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
如 rú if, supposing; as if; like, as
授 shòu give to, transmit; confer
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
以 yǐ by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
漁 yú to fish; seize; pursue; surname