不經一事，不長一智

Chinese
not; no
 
classics; sacred book; pass through
classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture
 related; belonging to the same organization not; no
 
long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 wisdom; knowledge
trad. (不經一事，不長一智) 不 經 一事 ， 不 長 一 智
simp. (不经一事，不长一智) 不 经 一事 ， 不 长 一 智

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bù jīng yī shì, bù zhǎng yī zhì
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧ ㄕˋ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄤˇ ㄧ ㄓˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): bat1 ging1 jat1 si6, bat1 zoeng2 jat1 zi3
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: bù jīng yī shì, bù zhǎng yī zhì [Phonetic: bù jīng yí shì, bù zhǎng yí zhì]
      • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧ ㄕˋ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄤˇ ㄧ ㄓˋ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: bù jing yi shìh, bù jhǎng yi jhìh
      • Wade–Giles: pu4 ching1 i1 shih4, pu4 chang3 i1 chih4
      • Yale: bù jīng yī shr̀-, bù jǎng yī jr̀
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu jing i shyh, bu jaang i jyh
      • Palladius: бу цзин и ши, бу чжан и чжи (bu czin i ši, bu čžan i čži)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  • Cantonese

Proverb

不經一事，不長一智

  1. one can't know about something unless one experiences it; wisdom comes from experience
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