求学无坦途 qiú xué wú tǎn tú

DEFINITIONS

  1. The path of learning can never be smooth.
  2. There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)

CHARACTERS

求 qiú seek; demand, request; beseech
学 xué learning, knowledge; school
无 wú negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71
坦 tǎn flat, smooth; self-possessed
途 tú way, road, path, journey; course