學然後知不足
xué​rán​hòu​zhī​bù​zú

to learn is to know one's ignorance

  • created sense approved 学然后知不足/學然後知不足 · xué​rán​hòu​zhī​bù​zú · to learn is to know one's ignorance — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    学然后知不足 / 學然後知不足

    xué​rán​hòu​zhī​bù​zú

    to learn is to know one's ignorance

    The more you learn, the less you feel you know; to discover that your knowledge is incomplete only through learning. This phrase is originally from the "Book of Rites" [[礼记|禮記|li3 ji4]].

    学 (literal) → 学/學 · xué · to study 然后 (literal) → 然后/然後 · rán​hòu · and then 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 不足 (literal) → 不足 · bù​zú · insufficient

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