The Chinese Language Institute | Chinese Proverbs and Idioms on Learning and Education

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1		Proverbs About Learning and Education The Chinese Language Institute
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5	授人以鱼不如授人以渔	shòu rén yǐ yú bùrú shòu rén yǐ yú	Give a man a fish and you feed him for one day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
6	学如登山	xué rú dēng shān	Studying is like climbing a mountain.
7	念念不忘	niànniàn-bùwàng	Study hard and don’t forget.
8	三人行，必有我师	sān rén xíng, bì yǒu wǒ shī	In a group of three people, there will always be one person I can learn from.
9	师傅领进门，修行在个人	shīfù lǐng jìnmén, xiūxíng zài gèrén	Teachers open the door; you enter by yourself.
10	活到老，学到老	huó dào lǎo, xué dào lǎo	Live until you're old, study until you're old.
11	严师出高徒	yánshī chū gāotú	Strict teachers produce brilliant students.
12	读万卷书不如行万里路	dú wàn juǎn shū bùrú xíng wàn lǐ lù	Reading ten thousand books is not as good as walking a thousand miles.
13	学无止境	xué wú zhǐ jìng	Learning is limitless.
14	学然后知不足	xué ránhòu zhī bùzú	To learn is to encounter one’s own ignorance.
15	教学相长	jiàoxué-xiāngzhǎng	When you teach someone, both teacher and student benefit.
16	温故而知新	wēngù’érzhīxīn	Studying the past helps to understand the present.
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32	Chinese Proverbs		www.studycli.org
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