开卷有益

Traditional form:

開卷有益

Pinyin (reading):

kāijuànyǒuyì

Definitions:

• lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 卷 - book, scroll, volume; curled up; to curl, to roll
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 益 - to profit, to benefit; advantage

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 卷 - book, scroll, volume; curled up; to curl, to roll
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 益 - to profit, to benefit; advantage