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Good Good Study, Day Day Up

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hǎo hǎo xué xí tiān tiān xiàng shàng

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.”

Learning leads to Knowledge, Study leads to Benevolence, Shame leads to Courage

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hào xué jìn hū zhī lì xíng jìn hū rén zhī chǐ jìn hū yǒng

Learning leads to Knowledge, Study leads to Benevolence, Shame leads to Courage Scroll

好學近乎知力行近乎仁知恥近乎勇 is a Saying from Confucius which relates certain actions to virtues.

A more verbose translation:
To love learning is akin to knowledge,
to study diligently is akin to benevolence,
to know shame is akin to courage.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
好学 see styles	kougaku / kogaku こうがく	好学 Custom Scroll love of learning
好學好学 see styles	hào xué hao4 xue2 hao hsüeh	好學 Custom Scroll 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	篤信好學 Custom Scroll 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	虛心好學 Custom Scroll 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	好好學習，天天向上 Custom Scroll 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	Buy Custom Scroll 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
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
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.