得鱼忘筌
Traditional form:
得魚忘筌
Pinyin (reading):
déyúwàngquán
Definitions:
- lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子／庄子 ( Zhuāngzǐ)); fig. to take help for granted
Characters:
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- 鱼 - fish
- 忘 - to forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook
- 筌 - bamboo fish trap
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