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刀不磨要生锈,人不学要落后

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dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu

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  1. 1. a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)

Child Words of 刀不磨要生锈,人不学要落后

不
bù

no; not so

人
rén

person; people

刀
dāo

knife

后
hòu

empress

学
xué

to learn

生
shēng

to be born

生锈
shēng xiù

to rust

磨
mó

to rub

磨
mò

grindstone

落
là

to leave out

落
lào

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

落
luò

to fall or drop

落后
luò hòu

to fall behind

要
yāo

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

要
yào

to want; to need; to ask for

锈
xiù

to corrode

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