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学然后知不足
xué​rán​hòu​zhī​bù​zú

to learn is to know one's ignorance

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学然后知不足 學然後知不足 xué​rán​hòu​zhī​bù​zú
to learn is to know one's ignorance
The more you learn, the less you feel you know; to discover that your knowledge is incomplete only through learning. This phrase is originally from the "Book of Rites" 礼记 lǐ​jì.