听君一席话,胜读十年书 tīng jūn yī xí huà , shèng dú shí nián shū

DEFINITIONS

  1. listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)

CHARACTERS

听 tīng hear; understand; obey, comply
君 jūn sovereign, monarch, ruler, chief, prince
一 yī one; a, an; alone
席 xí seat; mat; take seat; banquet
话 huà speech, talk, language; dialect
胜 shèng victory; excel, be better than
读 dú read, study; pronounce
十 shí ten, tenth; complete; perfect
年 nián year; new-years; person's age
书 shū book, letter, document; writings