刀不磨要生锈,人不学要落后 (刀不磨要生銹,人不學要落後)
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
Pinyin

Definition

刀不磨要生锈,人不学要落后 (刀不磨要生銹,人不學要落後)
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dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood

Idioms (20)

一不做,二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十,十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一刀两断
yī dāo liǎng duàn
  1. 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)