業精於勤，荒於嬉

Chinese

		business; occupation; study	energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	diligent; frequent		out of practice; uncultivated	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	amusement
trad. (業精於勤，荒於嬉)		業	精	於	勤	，	荒	於	嬉
simp. (业精于勤，荒于嬉)		业	精	于	勤	，	荒	于	嬉
alternative forms		業精於勤而荒於嬉／业精于勤而荒于嬉

Etymology

From Jin Xue Jie by Han Yu (768～824):

業精於勤，荒於嬉；行成於思，毀於隨。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
业精于勤，荒于嬉；行成于思，毁于随。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: c. 812~813, 韓愈 (Han Yu), 進學解

Yè jīng yú qín, huāng yú xī; xíng chéng yú sī, huǐ yú suí. [Pinyin]

Hard work will perfect your studies,
which can be lost through play;
hard thought will achieve right conduct,
which sloth may then undo.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yè jīng yú qín, huāng yú xī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄩˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ , ㄏㄨㄤ ㄩˊ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶ zing¹ jyu¹ kan⁴, fong¹ jyu¹ hei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yè jīng yú qín, huāng yú xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄩˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ , ㄏㄨㄤ ㄩˊ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yè jing yú cín, huang yú si
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴ ching¹ yü² chʻin², huang¹ yü² hsi¹
    • Yale: yè jīng yú chín-, hwāng yú syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh jing yu chyn, huang yu shi
    • Palladius: е цзин юй цинь, хуан юй си (je czin juj cinʹ, xuan juj si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jip⁶ zing¹ jyu¹ kan⁴, fong¹ jyu¹ hei¹
    • Yale: yihp jīng yū kàhn, fōng yū hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹ dzing¹ jy¹ kan⁴, fong¹ jy¹ hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶ jing¹ yu¹ ken⁴, fong¹ yu¹ héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚² t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ jyː⁵⁵ kʰɐn²¹ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jyː⁵⁵ hei̯⁵⁵/

Proverb

業精於勤，荒於嬉

1. academic excellence is achieved through diligence, while studies are neglected and deteriorate when one frolics