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讀萬卷書，行萬里路

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

(lit.) read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom)
(fig.) acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience

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讀: dú · read, study; pronounce
萬: Look up this written character
卷: juǎn · scroll; curl; make a comeback
書: Look up this written character
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
路: lù · road, path, street; journey
读: dú · read, study; pronounce
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable
书: shū · book, letter, document; writings

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