读书人识不尽字，种田人识不尽草讀書人識不盡字，種田人識不盡草讀書人識不盡字，種田人識不盡草

scholars can't know all the characters, farmers can't know all the weeds

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: There is no end to learning; no matter how experienced, there is always more to know.

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Simplified: 读书人识不尽字，种田人识不尽草
Traditional (Taiwan): 讀書人識不盡字，種田人識不盡草
Pinyin: dúshūrén shí bújìn zì, zhòngtián rén shí bújìn cǎo
Pinyin (Taiwan): dúshūrén shì bújìn zì, zhòngtián rén shì bújìn cǎo
Bopomofo: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄖㄣˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄗˋ，ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄘㄠˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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