聽君一席話,勝讀十年書 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

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