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好好學習天天向上 is a famous proverb by Chairman Mao Zedong that sounds really strange when directly translated into English.
I include it in our database of phrases to illustrate how different the construction and grammar can be between Chinese and English. The direct translation is “Good Good Study, Day Day Up.” In Chinese, a repeated character/word can often serve to reinforce the idea (like saying “very” or suggesting “a lot of”). So “good good” really means “a lot of good.” While “day day” can be better translated as “day in day out.” The idea of “up” has a meaning in China of “rising above” or “improving.”
After understanding all of this, we come up with a slightly better translation of “With a lot of good study, day in and day out, we raise above.”
The more natural translation of this proverb would be something like, “study hard, and keep improving.”
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 好学 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
好学 see styles |
kougaku / kogaku こうがく |
love of learning |
好學 好学 see styles |
hào xué hao4 xue2 hao hsüeh |
eager to study; studious; erudite See: 好学 |
篤信好學 笃信好学 see styles |
dǔ xìn hào xué du3 xin4 hao4 xue2 tu hsin hao hsüeh |
sincere belief and diligent study |
虛心好學 虚心好学 see styles |
xū xīn hào xué xu1 xin1 hao4 xue2 hsü hsin hao hsüeh |
modest and studious (idiom) |
好好學習,天天向上 好好学习,天天向上 see styles |
hǎo hǎo xué xí , tiān tiān xiàng shàng hao3 hao3 xue2 xi2 , tian1 tian1 xiang4 shang4 hao hao hsüeh hsi , t`ien t`ien hsiang shang hao hao hsüeh hsi , tien tien hsiang shang |
study hard and every day you will improve (idiom) |
好學近乎知,力行近乎仁,知恥近乎勇 好学近乎知,力行近乎仁,知耻近乎勇 see styles |
hào xué jìn hū zhī , lì xíng jìn hū rén , zhī chǐ jìn hū yǒng hao4 xue2 jin4 hu1 zhi1 , li4 xing2 jin4 hu1 ren2 , zhi1 chi3 jin4 hu1 yong3 hao hsüeh chin hu chih , li hsing chin hu jen , chih ch`ih chin hu yung hao hsüeh chin hu chih , li hsing chin hu jen , chih chih chin hu yung |
to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Good Good Study, Day Day Up | 好好學習天天向上 好好学习天天向上 | hǎo hǎo xué xí tiān tiān xiàng shàng hao3 hao3 xue2 xi2 tian1 tian1 xiang4 shang4 hao hao xue xi tian tian xiang shang | hao hao hsüeh hsi t`ien t`ien hsiang shang hao hao hsüeh hsi tien tien hsiang shang |
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Learning leads to Knowledge, Study leads to Benevolence, Shame leads to Courage | 好學近乎知力行近乎仁知恥近乎勇 好学近乎知力行近乎仁知耻近乎勇 | hào xué jìn hū zhī lì xíng jìn hū rén zhī chǐ jìn hū yǒng hao4 xue2 jin4 hu1 zhi1 li4 xing2 jin4 hu1 ren2 zhi1 chi3 jin4 hu1 yong3 hao xue jin hu zhi li xing jin hu ren zhi chi jin hu yong | hao hsüeh chin hu chih li hsing chin hu jen chih ch`ih chin hu yung hao hsüeh chin hu chih li hsing chin hu jen chih chih chin hu yung |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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