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Read 10,000 Books, Travel 10,000 Miles

 dú wàn juǎn shū, xíng wàn lǐ lù
Read 10,000 Books, Travel 10,000 Miles Scroll

讀萬卷書行萬里路 is a lifelong suggestion for expanding your horizons by gaining knowledge, experience, and seeing the world.

Of course, this was written long ago when it was hard to travel 10,000 miles (at least 1000 years before the invention of the airplane).
With air travel and the business I'm in, I often achieve that lifetime goal on a monthly basis.
However, I am a little behind in the book count.

Note: An ancient Chinese mile (里 or lǐ) referred to in this proverb is about a third of a British/American mile. However, at that time, this was a great distance to travel.

Better to Travel 10,000 Miles than Read 10,000 Books

 xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juǎn shū
Better to Travel 10,000 Miles than Read 10,000 Books Scroll

行万里路胜读万卷书 translates a few ways:
To travel ten thousand miles beats reading ten-thousand books.
Better to travel ten thousand li than to read ten thousand books. (a “li” is an ancient Chinese mile)
Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books.

No matter how you slice it, this Chinese proverb is claiming that experience is more profound and meaningful than what you can get from a book. Go do it! Don't just read about it.




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In Good Order / Organized

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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your book search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

古書


古书

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gǔ shū
    gu3 shu1
ku shu
 kosho
    こしょ
ancient book; old book
(1) old book; rare book; classic; (2) (See 古本・1) secondhand book; used book

六經


六经

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liù jīng
    liu4 jing1
liu ching
 roku kyō
Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
six scriptures

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zhì
    zhi4
chih
 chitsu
    ちつ
book cover
(1) protective covering for a book (often in the form of a folding case with clasps); (counter) (2) counter for book covers
book

偽書


伪书

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wěi shū
    wei3 shu1
wei shu
 gisho
    ぎしょ
forged book; book of dubious authenticity; misattributed book; Apocrypha
(noun - becomes adjective with の) spurious letter; apocryphal book; forgery

善本

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shàn běn
    shan4 ben3
shan pen
 yoshimoto
    よしもと
old book; good book; reliable book; rare book
(surname) Yoshimoto
Good stock, or roots, planting good seed or roots; good in the root of enlightenment.

成書


成书

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chéng shū
    cheng2 shu1
ch`eng shu
    cheng shu
 seisho / sesho
    せいしょ
to finish (writing a book); to appear in book form; a book already in circulation
book

書皮


书皮

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shū pí
    shu1 pi2
shu p`i
    shu pi
 shohi
    しょひ
book cover; book jacket
(See ブックカバー) book cover; outer wrapper for a book (put on by a bookseller before being handed to a customer)

異本


异本

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yì běn
    yi4 ben3
i pen
 ihon
    いほん
(1) variant edition (of a book); alternative version; different manuscript; (2) (See 珍本) strange book; rare book; unique book
variant edition

エロ本

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 erohon
    エロほん
pornographic photo book; erotic photo book; pornographic comic book; hentai comic book

新唐書


新唐书

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xīn táng shū
    xin1 tang2 shu1
hsin t`ang shu
    hsin tang shu
 shintoujo / shintojo
    しんとうじょ
History of the Later Tang Dynasty, seventeenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] and Song Qi 宋祁[Song4 Qi2] in 1060 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 225 scrolls
(work) New Book of Tang (11th century history book covering the Tang dynasty); (wk) New Book of Tang (11th century history book covering the Tang dynasty)

旧唐書

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 kutoujo; kyuutoujo / kutojo; kyutojo
    くとうじょ; きゅうとうじょ
(work) Old Book of Tang (10th century history book covering the Tang dynasty); (wk) Old Book of Tang (10th century history book covering the Tang dynasty)

暴露本

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 bakurobon
    ばくろぼん
tell-all book; revealing book; kiss-and-tell book; scandalous book

スポック博士の育児書

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 supokkuhakasenoikujisho
    スポックはかせのいくじしょ
(work) The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946 book by Benjamin Spock); (wk) The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946 book by Benjamin Spock)


see styles
shū
    shu1
shu
 sho
    しょ

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Book
book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
(n,n-suf) (1) book; document; (2) calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; (3) handwriting; (4) letter; note
likh; to write; pustaka, a writing, book; lekha, a letter, document.

詩篇


诗篇

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shī piān
    shi1 pian1
shih p`ien
    shih pien
 shihen
    しへん

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Psalms
a poem; a composition in verse; fig. epic (compared with historical epic); the biblical Book of Psalms
(1) book containing a collection of poems; (2) Psalms (book of the Bible)


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zhù
    zhu4
chu
 cho
    ちょ
to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding
(1) work; book; (suffix) (2) (a book) by; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) obvious; striking; (personal name) Akira
To manifest, display, publish, fix; interchanged with 着. In a Buddhist sense it is used for attachment to anything, e.g. the attachment of love, desire, greed, etc.; To cover, put on; cause; place; complete; ought, must.

五經


五经

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wǔ jīng
    wu3 jing1
wu ching
 go kyō
the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
five [Chinese] classics

全書


全书

see styles
quán shū
    quan2 shu1
ch`üan shu
    chüan shu
 zensho
    ぜんしょ
entire book; unabridged book
complete book; complete set; treatise
complete works

冊子


册子

see styles
cè zi
    ce4 zi5
ts`e tzu
    tse tzu
 sasshi
    さっし
a book; a volume
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook; (female given name) Fumiko

図鑑

see styles
 zukan
    ずかん
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide

定本

see styles
 teihon / tehon
    ていほん
(1) revised edition (of a book or manuscript); authoritative edition; standard edition; edition incorporating many changes and corrections; (2) final version of a book as edited by the author; revised edition of a book as edited by the author; (surname) Teimoto

愚書

see styles
 gusho
    ぐしょ
(1) stupid book; worthless book; (2) (humble language) one's writings; one's letter; one's book

文庫


文库

see styles
wén kù
    wen2 ku4
wen k`u
    wen ku
 bunko
    ぶんこ
collection of documents; library; book series; sequence of data, esp. genome
(1) library; book collection; (2) (abbreviation) (See 文庫本・ぶんこぼん) paperback book; (surname, given name) Bunko

新本

see styles
 shinpon
    しんぽん
(1) new book; unused book; (2) newly-published book; (surname) Niimoto

書影

see styles
 shoei / shoe
    しょえい
outward appearance of a book; photo of a book's exterior; photo of a book's cover

書評


书评

see styles
shū píng
    shu1 ping2
shu p`ing
    shu ping
 shohyou / shohyo
    しょひょう
book review; book notice
book review

秘本

see styles
 hihon
    ひほん
treasured book; secret book; pornographic book

舊書


旧书

see styles
jiù shū
    jiu4 shu1
chiu shu
second-hand book; old book; ancient book

詩書


诗书

see styles
shī shū
    shi1 shu1
shih shu
 shisho
    ししょ
the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
(1) book of poetry; (2) The Classic of Poetry and The Classic of History (Chinese texts)

題簽


题签

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tí qiān
    ti2 qian1
t`i ch`ien
    ti chien
 daisen
    だいせん
to write the title of a book on a label
slip of paper bearing a book's title (pasted inside the book)

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Read 10,000 Books, Travel 10,000 Miles讀萬卷書行萬里路
读万卷书行万里路
dú wàn juǎn shū, xíng wàn lǐ lù
du2 wan4 juan3 shu1 xing2 wan4 li3 lu4
du wan juan shu xing wan li lu
duwanjuanshuxingwanlilu
tu wan chüan shu hsing wan li lu
Better to Travel 10,000 Miles than Read 10,000 Books行萬里路勝讀萬捲書
行万里路胜读万卷书
xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juǎn shū
xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 sheng4 du2 wan4 juan3 shu1
xing wan li lu sheng du wan juan shu
hsing wan li lu sheng tu wan chüan shu
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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