临河羡鱼

lín hé 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]

lín

to face

river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4])

xiàn

to envy

fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])