授之以鱼，不如授之以渔。

It is better to teach someone how to fish than to give someone a fish.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 授 shòu
  1. (bound form) to confer; to give
  2. (bound form) to teach; to instruct
  3. (literary) to appoint
2 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
=3 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=3 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=3 以 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 以色列 Yǐsèliè
=3 以 yǐ
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
=4 鱼 Yú surname Yu
=4 鱼 yú used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚 bàoyú, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚 èyú and octopi 章魚 zhāngyú)

classifiers: 條, 尾
5 不如 bùrú
  1. not equal to; not as good as; inferior to
  2. it would be better to
6 授 shòu
  1. (bound form) to confer; to give
  2. (bound form) to teach; to instruct
  3. (literary) to appoint
7 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
=8 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=8 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=8 以 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 以色列 Yǐsèliè
=8 以 yǐ
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
9 渔 yú
  1. fisherman
  2. to fish