By Ling-Ling Lisa Shih
From Ling-LingChinese.com

中国谚语

zhōngguó yànyǔ

不经一事，不长一智

bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì

 

You can’t gain knowledge without practical experience;

wisdom only comes with experience.  –Common saying

 

Cut the Chinese saying and paste it here to hear it read out loud

Vocabulary 生词

	ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
	ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
	1	不		bù	(negative prefix); not; no
	2	经	經	jīng	surname Jing; classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation (月经）; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济
	3	一		yī	one; 1; single
	4	事		shì	matter; thing; item; work; affair; Classifiers: 件
	5	长	長	cháng zhǎng	length; long; 2. to grow
	6	智		zhì	wisdom; knowledge

成语的意思：

这句成语的意思是指一个人不亲身经历就不能增长一些见识。也就是说经验能使人增长智慧。This saying means one cannot gain wisdom and knowledge without experience. That is, one can gain wisdom only through experience.

造句 （Make a Sentence):

• 做错了事情不要紧；不经一事，不长一智；以后注意就是了。
• 我掉了钱包。妈妈安慰我说，”没关系，不经一事，不长一智，以后小心一点就好了。”

 

【不经一事，不长一智】意思- 成语词典 – 成语查询

不经一事，不长一智 – Foreigners in China

Downloadable documents:

• Bu Jing yi shi, bu zhang yi zhi_Character worksheet
• Bu Jing yi shi, bu zhang yi shi_Poster