师父领进门，修行在个人

Traditional form:

師父領進門，修行在個人

Pinyin (reading):

shīfulǐngjìnmén,xiūxíngzàigèrén

Definitions:

• the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you
• you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

Characters:

• 师 - teacher, professional, master
• 父 - father, dad
• 领 - neck, collar; lead, guide
• 进 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
• 门 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 修 - to study; to repair; to decorate; to cultivate
• 行 - to go, to walk, to move; professional
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 个 - this, that; single; measure word for individuals
• 人 - man, person; people

Traditional characters:

• 師 - teacher, professional, master
• 父 - father, dad
• 領 - neck, collar; lead, guide
• 進 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
• 門 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 修 - to study; to repair; to decorate; to cultivate
• 行 - to go, to walk, to move; professional
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 個 - this, that; single; measure word for individuals
• 人 - man, person; people