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行萬里路勝讀萬卷書

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Mandarin · pinyin xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juàn shū

to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books

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行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
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里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
路: lù · road, path, street; journey
勝: shèng · victory; excel, be better than
讀: dú · read, study; pronounce
卷: juǎn · scroll; curl; make a comeback
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万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable
胜: shèng · victory; excel, be better than
读: dú · read, study; pronounce
书: shū · book, letter, document; writings

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2–4–3–4–4–2–4–4–1 · xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 sheng4 du2 wan4 juan4 shu1

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