師父領進門，修行靠個人

See also: 师父领进门，修行靠个人

Chinese

		master; teacher; term of address for a Buddhist monk or a nun	neck; collar; to lead neck; collar; to lead; to receive	advance; enter; to come in	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division		to cultivate one's spiritual virtues; to train oneself; to work at self-improvement	depend upon; lean on; near depend upon; lean on; near; by; against; to support	personal; individual
trad. (師父領進門，修行靠個人)		師父	領	進	門	，	修行	靠	個人
simp. (师父领进门，修行靠个人)		师父	领	进	门	，	修行	靠	个人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīfù lǐng jìn mén, xiūxíng kào gèrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄇㄣˊ , ㄒㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄠˋ ㄍㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīfù lǐng jìn mén, xiūxíng kào gèrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄇㄣˊ , ㄒㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄠˋ ㄍㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihfù lǐng jìn mén, siousíng kào gèrén
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-fu⁴ ling³ chin⁴ mên², hsiu¹-hsing² kʻao⁴ ko⁴-jên²
    • Yale: shr̄-fù lǐng jìn mén-, syōu-syíng kàu gè-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyfuh liing jinn men, shioushyng kaw gehren
    • Palladius: шифу лин цзинь мэнь, сюсин као гэжэнь (šifu lin czinʹ mɛnʹ, sjusin kao gɛžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ mən³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

Phrase

師父領進門，修行靠個人

1. A master can only lead a person to the temple gate; the individual must practice himself to become a monk