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聽君一席話，勝讀十年書
简 听君一席话，胜读十年书 · 繁 聽君一席話，勝讀十年書Mandarin · pinyin tīng jūn yī xí huà , shèng dú shí nián shū
Meanings
- listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)
Characters in this entry
- 聽
- tīng · hear, listen; understand; obey
- 君
- jūn · sovereign, monarch, ruler, chief, prince
- 一
- yī · one; a, an; alone
- 席
- xí · seat; mat; take seat; banquet
- 話
- huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
- 勝
- shèng · victory; excel, be better than
- 讀
- dú · read, study; pronounce
- 十
- shí · ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 年
- nián · year; new-years; person's age
- 書
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- 听
- tīng · hear; understand; obey, comply
- 话
- huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
- 胜
- shèng · victory; excel, be better than
- 读
- dú · read, study; pronounce
- 书
- shū · book, letter, document; writings
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