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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網 [ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄩˊ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄦˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄨㄤˇ; lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]
 better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
 one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
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