人生不读书，活着不如猪人生不讀書，活著不如豬人生不讀書，活着不如豬

if a person doesn't study in life, living is worse than being a pig

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Someone who never studies stays ignorant, which is what separates humans from animals. A blunt saying used to urge students to study.

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Simplified: 人生不读书，活着不如猪
Traditional (Taiwan): 人生不讀書，活著不如豬
Traditional (Hong Kong): 人生不讀書，活着不如豬
Pinyin: rénshēng bù dúshū, huózhe bùrú zhū
Bopomofo: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ，ㄏㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄓㄜㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄓㄨ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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