不愤不启
bù​fèn​bù​qǐ

enlighten only those eager to learn

  • created sense approved 不愤不启/不憤不啟 · bù​fèn​bù​qǐ · enlighten only those eager to learn — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不愤不启 / 不憤不啟

    bù​fèn​bù​qǐ

    enlighten only those eager to learn

    (idiom) a teacher should not guide or enlighten a student until they have first tried hard to understand on their own and are frustrated by their inability to do so

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 愤 (literal) → 愤/憤 · fèn · eager to learn 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 启 (literal) → 启/啟 · qǐ · to enlighten

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

    created sense