困知勉行
kùn​zhī​miǎn​xíng

to learn through hardship and practice with effort

  • created sense approved 困知勉行 · kùn​zhī​miǎn​xíng · to learn through hardship and practice with effort — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    困知勉行

    kùn​zhī​miǎn​xíng

    to learn through hardship and practice with effort

    Overcoming difficulties to acquire knowledge and putting it into practice with perseverance, from the [[礼记|禮記|li3 ji4]] [Book of Rites] and [[中庸|中庸|zhong1 yong1]] [Doctrine of the Mean]

    困 (literal) → 困 · kùn · to be stranded 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 勉 (literal) → 勉 · miǎn · to strive 行 (literal) → 行 · xíng · to do

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