行万里路，读万卷书 in English xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 , du2 wan4 juan4 shu1 Meaning

Meanings

  • Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiomatic expression)
  • Learn as much as you can and do all you can.

Simplified Characters

行 万 里 路 ， 读 万 卷 书

Traditional Characters

行 萬 里 路 ， 讀 萬 卷 書

Pinyin

xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 , du2 wan4 juan4 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 ， 读du2comma 万wan4see 万俟[Mo4 qi2] 卷juan3to roll up 书shu1abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]