不经一事，不长一智
bù​jīng​yī​shì​bù​zhǎng​yī​zhì

wisdom comes from experience

  • created sense approved 不经一事，不长一智/不經一事，不長一智 · bù​jīng​yī​shì​bù​zhǎng​yī​zhì · wisdom comes from experience — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不经一事，不长一智 / 不經一事，不長一智

    bù​jīng​yī​shì​bù​zhǎng​yī​zhì

    wisdom comes from experience

    One cannot gain knowledge or wisdom without personal experience; wisdom does not come without experience; you learn by doing.

    bù​jīng​yí​shì​bù​zhǎng​yí​zhì

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 经 (literal) → 经/經 · jīng · to pass through 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter ， (non_chinese) 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 长 (literal) → 长/長 · zhǎng · to increase 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 智 (literal) → 智 · zhì · wisdom; wise

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

    created sense