"臨淵羨魚" meaning in 漢語

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Phrase

IPA: /lin³⁵ ɥɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ y³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lɐm²¹ jyːn⁵⁵ siːn²² jyː²¹/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 临渊羡鱼 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 雖有欲望,卻沒有實際行動 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-臨淵羨魚-zh-phrase-8M3czQuq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網 [Traditional-Chinese], 临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网 [Simplified-Chinese]
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「淵」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「羨」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「臨」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「魚」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "临渊羡鱼",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "站在水邊想得到魚",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "雖有欲望,卻沒有實際行動"
      ],
      "id": "zh-臨淵羨魚-zh-phrase-8M3czQuq",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "línyuānxiànyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄩˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ jyun¹ sin⁶ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "línyuānxiànyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄩˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "línyuansiànyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lin²-yüan¹-hsien⁴-yü²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lín-ywān-syàn-yú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liniuanshiannyu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "linʹjuanʹsjanʹjuj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "линьюаньсяньюй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin³⁵ ɥɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ y³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ jyun¹ sin⁶ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "làhm yūn sihn yùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ jyn¹ sin⁶ jy⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lem⁴ yun¹ xin⁶ yu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɐm²¹ jyːn⁵⁵ siːn²² jyː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "臨淵羨魚"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「淵」的漢語詞",
    "帶「羨」的漢語詞",
    "帶「臨」的漢語詞",
    "帶「魚」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "临渊羡鱼",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "站在水邊想得到魚",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "雖有欲望,卻沒有實際行動"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "línyuānxiànyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄩˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ jyun¹ sin⁶ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "línyuānxiànyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄩˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "línyuansiànyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lin²-yüan¹-hsien⁴-yü²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lín-ywān-syàn-yú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liniuanshiannyu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "linʹjuanʹsjanʹjuj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "линьюаньсяньюй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin³⁵ ɥɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ y³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ jyun¹ sin⁶ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "làhm yūn sihn yùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ jyn¹ sin⁶ jy⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lem⁴ yun¹ xin⁶ yu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɐm²¹ jyːn⁵⁵ siːn²² jyː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "臨淵羨魚"
}

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