行萬里路勝讀萬卷書
xíng​wàn​lǐ​lù​shèng​dú​wàn​juàn​shū

to travel is better than to read

  • created sense approved 行万里路胜读万卷书/行萬里路勝讀萬卷書 · xíng​wàn​lǐ​lù​shèng​dú​wàn​juàn​shū · to travel is better than to read — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    行万里路胜读万卷书 / 行萬里路勝讀萬卷書

    xíng​wàn​lǐ​lù​shèng​dú​wàn​juàn​shū

    to travel is better than to read

    Traveling a great distance is more beneficial than reading a great number of books; actual experience is more valuable than theoretical knowledge learned from books.

    行 (literal) → 行 · xíng · to go 万里 (literal) → 万里/萬里 · wàn​lǐ · a great distance 路 (literal) → 路 · lù · road 胜 (literal) → 胜/勝 · shèng · to surpass 读 (literal) → 读/讀 · dú · to read 万卷 (literal) → 万卷/萬卷 · wàn​juàn · countless books 书 (literal) → 书/書 · shū · book

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

    created sense