行万里路胜读万卷书 in English xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 sheng4 du2 wan4 juan3 shu1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books

Simplified Characters

行 万 里 路 胜 读 万 卷 书

Traditional Characters

行 萬 里 路 勝 讀 萬 捲 書

Pinyin

xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 sheng4 du2 wan4 juan3 shu1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

行xing2row 万wan4see 万俟[Mo4 qi2] 里li3variant of 裡|里[li3] 路lu4surname Lu 胜sheng4victory 读du2comma 万wan4see 万俟[Mo4 qi2] 卷juan3to roll up 书shu1abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]