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刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后

dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu

13-character word Traditional 刀不磨要生鏽，人不學要落後

What 刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后 means

1. proverba blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study

The characters in 刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后

• 刀dāoknife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang; loanword) dollar…
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 锈xiùto rust
• 人rénperson; people
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 学xuéto learn; to study; to imitate
• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch