刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后

Traditional: 刀不磨要生鏽，人不學要落後

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

Dictionary entry

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

What does 刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后 mean?

刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后 (dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

Character breakdown

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刀Dāosurname Dao 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-磨móto rub · to grind 要yāo(bound form) to demand; to coerce 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur 锈xiùvariant of 鏽|锈[xiu4]人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]学xuéto learn · to study

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刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后

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

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