教学相长 / 教學相長

jiào​xué​xiāng​zhǎng

teaching benefits teacher and student alike

Teaching and learning promote each other; specifically, through the process of teaching, both the student makes progress and the teacher improves their own level.

教 (literal) → 教 · jiào · to instruct 学 (literal) → 学/學 · xué · to study 相 (literal) → 相 · xiāng · mutually 长 (literal) → 长/長 · zhǎng · to increase

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM