名师出高徒
míng​shī​chū​gāo​tú

great teachers produce brilliant students

  • created sense approved 名师出高徒/名師出高徒 · míng​shī​chū​gāo​tú · great teachers produce brilliant students — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    名师出高徒 / 名師出高徒

    míng​shī​chū​gāo​tú

    great teachers produce brilliant students

    A famous teacher trains fine students; used to describe how accomplished people often owe their success to the guidance of excellent mentors.

    名师 (literal) → 名师/名師 · míng​shī · famous teacher 出 (literal) → 出 · chū · to produce 高徒 (literal) → 高徒 · gāo​tú · brilliant student

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

    created sense