| 三折肱为良医 |
sān zhé gōng wéi liáng yī |
(lit.) break one's arm three times to become a good doctor (idiom) / (fig.) experience is a good teacher |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 三折肱 |
sān zhé gōng |
(lit.) break one's arm three times (to become a good doctor); (fig.) extensive experience (esp. gained through repeated hardship) |
| 折 |
shé |
to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) |
| 折 |
zhē |
to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container) |
| 折 |
zhé |
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book |
| 折 |
zhé |
variant of 折 / to fold |
| 肱 |
gōng |
upper arm / arm |
| 为 |
wéi |
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 |
wèi |
because of / for / to |
| 为 |
wéi |
variant of 为 |
| 为 |
wèi |
variant of 为 |
| 良 |
liáng |
good / very / very much |
| 良医 |
liáng yī |
good doctor / skilled doctor |
| 医 |
yī |
medical / medicine / doctor / to cure / to treat |