听君一席话，胜读十年书

Traditional form:

聽君一席話，勝讀十年書

Pinyin (reading):

tīngjūnyīxíhuà,shèngdúshíniánshū

Definitions:

• listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)

Characters:

• 听 - to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
• 君 - sovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 席 - seat, place; mat; banquet; to take a seat
• 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 胜 - victory; to excel, to truimph
• 读 - to study, to learn; to read, to pronounce
• 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
• 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
• 书 - book, letter, document; writing

Traditional characters:

• 聽 - to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
• 君 - sovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 席 - seat, place; mat; banquet; to take a seat
• 話 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 勝 - victory; to excel, to truimph
• 讀 - to study, to learn; to read, to pronounce
• 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
• 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
• 書 - book, letter, document; writing