身教勝於言教 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 身教胜于言教 shēnjiàoshèngyúyánjiào ㄕㄣ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄩˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ teaching by example beats explaining in words (idiom) action speaks louder than words Character by character 身(shēn)body 教(jiào)teaching 勝(shèng)victory 於(yú)in 言(yán)words 教(jiào)teaching A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0