身教胜于言教 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 身教勝於言教 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 胜(shèng)victory 于(yú)surname Yu 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