授之以鱼不如授之以渔

shòu zhī yǐ yú bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yú

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)

shòu

(bound form) to confer; to give

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])

no; not so

as

shòu

(bound form) to confer; to give

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

fisherman