「一理通百理明」
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Pronunciation: | jat1 lei5 tung1 baak3 lei5 ming4 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
一 one; as soon as; once 理 to care about; to pay attention to; to focus on; to care for; to spend time on; reason; logic; natural science 通 common; pass; macaroni; pipes; expert; to communicate; to inform; to lead to; to arrive at; to understand; to know; open; through; connected; logical; coherent; reasonable; entire; whole 百 hundred; hundreds digit; hundreds place 理 to care about; to pay attention to; to focus on; to care for; to spend time on; reason; logic; natural science 明 to understand; bright; coming; next; clear; explicit; blatantly; unabashedly; the Ming Dynasty |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
one will understand everything (in a particular field) by understanding the underlying principle; literally: understanding one idea makes a hundred ideas comprehensible
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