不悱不发
bù​fěi​bù​fā

to guide after effort

  • created sense approved 不悱不发/不悱不發 · bù​fěi​bù​fā · to guide after effort — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不悱不发 / 不悱不發

    bù​fěi​bù​fā

    to guide after effort

    not to enlighten a student until they have made an effort to express their thoughts (idiom)

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 悱 (literal) → 悱 · fěi · to be at a loss for words 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 发 (literal) → 发/發 · fā · to send out

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense