听君一席话，胜读十年书

tīng jūn yī xí huà , shèng dú shí nián shū

Definitions

1. listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)

Child Words of 听君一席话，胜读十年书

• 一 yī: one
• 胜 shèng: victory
• 十 shí: ten
• 听 yǐn: smile (archaic)
• 席 xí: woven mat
• 年 nián: year
• 书 shū: book
• 听 tīng: to listen to; to hear
• 话 huà: dialect
• 读 dòu: comma
• 读 dú: to read out; to read aloud
• 一席话 yī xí huà: the content of a conversation
• 君 jūn: monarch