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取经

qǔjīng

to learn from others' experience

Young visitors take notes as an older mentor demonstrates his method
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Characters in this word

取 qǔ

Strokes
8
Radical
又 — and, also, again, in addition
Made of
耳 ear 又 and, also, again, in addition
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

经 jīng

Strokes
8
Radical
纟 — silk
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 经

Example phrases

  • 新任校长带队到外地取经,希望借鉴成熟的课程改革经验。 Xīnrèn xiàozhǎng dài duì dào wàidì qǔjīng, xīwàng jièjiàn chéngshú de kèchéng gǎigé jīngyàn. The newly appointed head teacher led a team elsewhere to learn from experience and hoped to draw on mature curriculum reform practices.
  • 许多同行都来这家餐厅取经,学习他们的经营方法。 Xǔduō tóngháng dōu lái zhè jiā cāntīng qǔjīng, xuéxí tāmen de jīngyíng fāngfǎ. Many peers come to this restaurant to learn from its experience and study its management methods.
  • 公司派他出国取经,带回了不少先进的管理理念。 Gōngsī pài tā chūguó qǔjīng, dài huíle bùshǎo xiānjìn de guǎnlǐ lǐniàn. The company sent him abroad to learn from others' experience, and he brought back many advanced management ideas.

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