Chinese Proverbs: 不经一事,不长一智 bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì

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

Bu Jing yi shi, bu zhang yi zhi calligraphy

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中国谚语

zhōngguó yànyǔ

bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì

 

You can’t gain knowledge without practical experience;

wisdom only comes with experience.  –Common saying

 

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Vocabulary 生词

ID Chinese Trad. Pinyin English Definition
ID Chinese Trad. Pinyin English Definition
1   (negative prefix); not; no
2   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   one; 1; single
4   shì matter; thing; item; work; affair; Classifiers: 
5   cháng

zhǎng

  1. length; long;

2. to grow

6   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

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