渊

陶渊明

táo yuān míng

Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet

颜渊

yán yuān

Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as 顏回|颜回[Yan2 Hui2]

临渊羡鱼

lín yuān xiàn yú

see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]

鼻渊

bí yuān

nasosinusitis

不啻天渊

bù chì tiān yuān

no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely

九渊

jiǔ yuān

abyss

刘渊

liú yuān

Liu Yuan (c. 251–310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4], founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢|成汉[Cheng2 Han4] (304–347)

塞渊

sāi yuān

honest and far-seeing

天渊

tiān yuān

distance between two poles

天渊之别

tiān yuān zhī bié

see 天壤之別|天壤之别[tian1 rang3 zhi1 bie2]

如临深渊

rú lín shēn yuān

lit. as if on the brink of a deep abyss (idiom)

临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网

lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng

better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)