箭头虽利，不射不发；人虽聪明，不学不知箭頭雖利，不射不發；人雖聰明，不學不知箭頭雖利，不射不發；人雖聰明，不學不知

an arrowhead, however sharp, doesn't fly unless shot; a person, however clever, doesn't know without learning

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: However bright you are, you must study to gain knowledge. Encouraging, used to urge learning.

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Simplified: 箭头虽利，不射不发；人虽聪明，不学不知
Traditional (Taiwan): 箭頭雖利，不射不發；人雖聰明，不學不知
Pinyin: jiàntóu suī lì, bú shè bù fā; rén suī cōngming, bù xué bùzhī
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄙㄨㄟㄌㄧˋ，ㄅㄨˊ ㄕㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚ；ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄟㄘㄨㄥ ˙ㄇㄧㄥ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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