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师父领进门，修行在个人
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Definitions
- 1. the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you
- 2. you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
Child Words of 师父领进门，修行在个人
used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan)
to exist; to be alive
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
row
individual
to decorate
teacher
to go forward
to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism)
gate
neck
to enter a door
person; people
to walk
father