見者易，學者難

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)	change; easy; simple		learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (見者易，學者難)		見	者	易	，	學	者	難
simp. (见者易，学者难)		见	者	易	，	学	者	难
Literally: “easy for the observer, difficult for the learner”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànzhě yì, xuézhě nán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄧˋ , ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄋㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànzhě yì, xuézhě nán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄧˋ , ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànjhě yì, syuéjhě nán
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-chê³ i⁴, hsüeh²-chê³ nan²
    • Yale: jyàn-jě yì-, sywé-jě nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannjee yih, shyuejee nan
    • Palladius: цзяньчжэ и, сюэчжэ нань (czjanʹčžɛ i, sjuečžɛ nanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/

Proverb

見者易，學者難

1. easier said than done