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讀萬卷書不如行萬里路
duk6 maan6 gyun2 syu1 bat1 jyu4 haang4 maan6 lei5 lou6
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it is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books: it means in order to attain wisdom, it is not enough merely to read books, one must also travel a lot to get real experience  Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1869 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 28th Jan 2008 02:16 and last edited on 28th Jun 2014 21:30 |
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Characters in this word:讀 duk6 dau6 - to read; attend school萬 maan6 - ten thousand; innumerable 卷 gyun2 kyun4 - volume; file; exam paper 書 syu1 - book; writings 不 bat1 - not; no; un- 如 jyu4 - if, as if, like, equal to 行 hang4 haang4 hong4 hang6 - walk; circulate; line; trade; shop; conduct 萬 maan6 - ten thousand; innumerable 里 lei5 - lane; neighbourhood 路 lou6 - road; path; way; means; line |
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