Reading hundred volumes of books, traveling thousand miles of roads.

Chinese translation: 读万卷书,行万里路

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English term or phrase:Reading hundred volumes of books, traveling thousand miles of roads.
Chinese translation:读万卷书,行万里路
Entered by: Simtech Zhang

03:27 Mar 18, 2004
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English term or phrase: Reading hundred volumes of books, traveling thousand miles of roads.
One Chinese saying: Reading hundred volumes of books, traveling thousand miles of roads. Traveling gives us the most advantage of broadening our knowledge.
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读万卷书,行万里路
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读万卷书,行万里路
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5 +4读万卷书,行万里路
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5行千里路, 读万卷书。
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reading hundred volumes of books, traveling thousand miles of roads.
读万卷书,行万里路


Explanation:
读万卷书,行万里路

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行千里路, 读万卷书。


Explanation:
这里的“千”,“万”为虚词,并不是说一定要达到“千”,“万”,实指大量。但不重复同一个词。


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