事非经过不知难事非經過不知難事非經過不知難

unless you've been through something, you don't know how hard it is

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: You can't appreciate the difficulty of a task until you have done it yourself. Said to urge understanding of others.

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Simplified: 事非经过不知难
Traditional (Taiwan): 事非經過不知難
Pinyin: shì fēi jīngguò bùzhī nán
Bopomofo: ㄕˋ ㄈㄟㄐㄧㄥㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄋㄢˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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