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Today’s idiom is 「徒讀父書」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
Disciple: only. Father’s letter: Father’s words. I read my father’s military book in vain. It is a metaphor for people who only know how to study hard but don’t know how to apply knowledge and make changes.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tú dú fù shū
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tou4 duk6 fu6 syu1
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