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Each Time You Stumble and Fall, You Gain Experience and Wisdom
吃一塹長一智 is a Chinese proverb that means “Fall into a moat, and you will gain wisdom from the experience.”
It really suggests that the failures, troubles, frustrations, and setbacks that you encounter in your life are actually helping you to find wisdom. Some would also translate this proverb as “Learn from your mistakes” or “Learn from your experience.”
If you are studying Chinese, you will recognize the first character as “eat,” but in this case, it means to “experience” (as used in this proverb, it is suggesting that you have fallen into a moat and/or had a hard time crossing it).
Translated character by character, this whole proverb is, “Experience one moat, gain one wisdom/knowledge.”
Note: This can be pronounced in Korean, but it's not a commonly used phrase.
Wisdom comes from Experience
You can translate this 不经一事不长一智 Chinese proverb in a couple of ways.
The first is: You cannot gain knowledge without practice.
The second, and perhaps more popular way is: Wisdom comes from experience.
It literally means if you are inattentive to your affairs or situations you encounter, you will not gain or grow any wisdom or intellect.
Wisdom comes from Experience
不經一事 means “You can't gain knowledge without practical experience.”
This is the short form (first half) of a longer Chinese proverb. These 4 characters remind you that wisdom only comes from experience.
Learn New Ways From Old / Onkochishin
New ideas coming from past history
溫故知新 is a proverb from Confucius that is used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cultures.
It can be translated in several ways:
Coming up with new ideas based on things learned in the past.
Examine things of the past, and obtain new knowledge.
Developing new ideas based on the study of the past.
Gain new insights through restudying old issues.
Understand the present by reviewing the past.
Learning from the past.
Review the old and know the new.
Taking a lesson from the past.
Taking a lesson from the wisdom of the ancients.
Follow the old ways.
The direct translation would be, “By asking old things, know new things.”
The Character meanings breakdown this way:
溫故 = ask old
知新 = know new
Explained: To learn new things that are outside of your experience, you can learn from old things of the past. You can find wisdom in history.
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Note: Japanese use a variant of the first Kanji in modern times.
Therefore if you order this from a Japanese calligrapher, expect the first Kanji to look like 温 instead of 溫.
In addition to 温故知新 as mentioned above, this is sometimes written as 温古知新 in Japan.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
不經一事 不经一事 see styles |
bù jīng yī shì bu4 jing1 yi1 shi4 pu ching i shih |
More info & calligraphy: Wisdom comes from Experience |
見識 见识 see styles |
jiàn shi jian4 shi5 chien shih kenshiki けんしき |
to gain first-hand knowledge of something; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight (1) views; opinion; discernment; (2) pride; self-respect |
長見識 长见识 see styles |
zhǎng jiàn shi zhang3 jian4 shi5 chang chien shih |
to gain knowledge and experience |
淺嘗輒止 浅尝辄止 see styles |
qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ qian3 chang2 zhe2 zhi3 ch`ien ch`ang che chih chien chang che chih |
lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of something and then stop |
勉強になる see styles |
benkyouninaru / benkyoninaru べんきょうになる |
(exp,v5r) (1) to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; (exp,adj-f) (2) enlightening; informative; illuminating; educational |
知識を蓄える see styles |
chishikiotakuwaeru ちしきをたくわえる |
(exp,v1) to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge |
不經一事，不長一智 不经一事，不长一智 see styles |
bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì bu4 jing1 yi1 shi4 , bu4 zhang3 yi1 zhi4 pu ching i shih , pu chang i chih |
lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); fig. wisdom only comes with experience |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Each Time You Stumble and Fall, You Gain Experience and Wisdom | 吃一塹長一智 吃一堑长一智 | chī yí qiàn, zhǎng yí zhì chi1 yi2 qian4 zhang3 yi2 zhi4 chi yi qian zhang yi zhi chiyiqianzhangyizhi | ch`ih i ch`ien chang i chih chihichienchangichih chih i chien chang i chih |
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| Wisdom comes from Experience | 不經一事不長一智 不经一事不长一智 | bù jīng yī shì bù zhǎng yī zhì bu4 jing1 yi1 shi4 bu4 zhang3 yi1 zhi4 bu jing yi shi bu zhang yi zhi bujingyishibuzhangyizhi | pu ching i shih pu chang i chih puchingishihpuchangichih |
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| Wisdom comes from Experience | 不經一事 不经一事 | bù jīng yī shì bu4 jing1 yi1 shi4 bu jing yi shi bujingyishi | pu ching i shih puchingishih |
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| Learn New Ways From Old Onkochishin | 溫故知新 温故知新 | on ko chi shin onkochishin | wēn gù zhī xīn wen1 gu4 zhi1 xin1 wen gu zhi xin wenguzhixin | wen ku chih hsin wenkuchihhsin |
| 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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