tīng​jūn​yī​xí​huà​shèng​dú​shí​nián​shū

to listen to a wise person is better than ten years of study

  • created sense approved 听君一席话,胜读十年书/聽君一席話,勝讀十年書 · tīng​jūn​yī​xí​huà​shèng​dú​shí​nián​shū · to listen to a wise person is better than ten years of study — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    听君一席话,胜读十年书 / 聽君一席話,勝讀十年書

    tīng​jūn​yī​xí​huà​shèng​dú​shí​nián​shū

    to listen to a wise person is better than ten years of study

    Proverb meaning that listening to the words of a wise or experienced person can be more beneficial than studying books for ten years.

    听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to listen 君 (literal) → 君 · jūn · you 一席话 (literal) → 一席话/一席話 · yī​xí​huà · what someone said , (non_chinese) 胜 (literal) → 胜/勝 · shèng · to surpass 读 (literal) → 读/讀 · dú · to read 十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 年 (literal) → 年 · nián · year 书 (literal) → 书/書 · shū · book

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