行 万 里 路 胜 读 万 卷 书

xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juàn shūdictionary entry

to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

行萬里路勝讀萬卷書 行万里路胜读万卷书 [xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 sheng4 du2 wan4 juan4 shu1] /to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books/

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行
háng
(bound form) row / line / (bound form) line of business / trade / profession / (bound form) commercial firm / (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column / classifier for rows or lines
héng
used in 道行[dào héng]
xíng
(bound form) to walk / to go / to travel / (literary) trip / journey / visit / (bound form) temporary / makeshift / (bound form) current / in circulation / (bound form) to do / to perform / capable / competent / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct (Taiwan pr. [xìng]) / (literary) about to / soon
万
mò
used in 万俟[Mò qí]
wàn
ten thousand / a great number
Wàn
surname Wan
里
lǐ
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[lǐ] / li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhèn] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lín] levels
Lǐ
surname Li
路
lù
road (CL:條|条[tiáo]) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind
Lù
surname Lu
胜
shèng
victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear / equal to (a task)
读
dòu
comma / phrase marked by pause
dú
to read out / to read aloud / to read / to attend (school) / to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce
万
mò
used in 万俟[Mò qí]
wàn
ten thousand / a great number
Wàn
surname Wan
卷
juǎn
to roll up / (fig.) to sweep up / to engulf / to drag into (a situation) / (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree / hypercompetitive / a roll / classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc) / to sweep up / to carry along / classifier for rolls, spools etc
juàn
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
书
shū
book / letter / document / CL:本[běn],冊|册[cè],部[bù] / to write
Shū
abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]

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