临渊之羡 臨淵之羨
临渊之羡臨淵之羨 in English
- (idiom) To desire an advantage without taking the necessary steps to obtain it. The expression criticizes wishing without taking concrete action.
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How it used to be written
临
These are the forms of 臨, the traditional character: 临 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 14 forms
渊
These are the forms of 淵, the traditional character: 渊 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 16 forms
之
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 26 forms
羡
These are the forms of 羨, the traditional character: 羡 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 曹魏 - See all 3 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).