身教胜于言教
Traditional form:
身教勝於言教
Pinyin (reading):
shēnjiàoshèngyúyánjiào
Definitions:
- teaching by example beats explaining in words (idiom)
- action speaks louder than words
Characters:
- 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy
- 教 - school, education
- 胜 - victory; to excel, to truimph
- 于 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
- 教 - school, education
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