师父领进门，修行在个人
shī​fu​lǐng​jìn​mén​xiū​xíng​zài​gè​rén

the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

  • created sense approved 师父领进门，修行在个人/師父領進門，修行在個人 · shī​fu​lǐng​jìn​mén​xiū​xíng​zài​gè​rén · the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    师父领进门，修行在个人 / 師父領進門，修行在個人

    shī​fu​lǐng​jìn​mén​xiū​xíng​zài​gè​rén

    the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

    A proverb meaning that while a teacher can show you the way and teach you the basics, your ultimate success depends on your own hard work and practice.

    shī​fù​lǐng​jìn​mén​xiū​xíng​zài​gè​rén

    师父 (literal) → 师父/師父 · shī​fu · master 领 (literal) → 领/領 · lǐng · to lead 进门 (literal) → 进门/進門 · jìn​mén · to learn the basics ， (non_chinese) 修行 (literal) → 修行 · xiū​xíng · to practice an art 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · to depend on 个人 (literal) → 个人/個人 · gè​rén · personal

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

    created sense