lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); fig. wisdom only comes with experience
trad. 不經一事，不長一智
Also written 不經一事，不長一智【bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì】
Characters in this word
6不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
经
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surname Jing
- Pinyin
- Jīng
- Traditional
- 經
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 6639 of 2500
一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
事
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matter, thing, item, work, affair, CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 68 of 2500
长
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long, (bound form) length, (bound form) strong point; forte, (bound form) to be good at, (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 長
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1042 of 2500
智
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(literary) wise; wisdom
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 32869 of 2500