師父領進門，修行在個人

师父领进门，修行在个人
shīfulǐngjìnmén,xiūxíngzàigèrén
  1. the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you
  2. you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 師父 shīfu
  1. used for 師傅 (in Taiwan)
  2. master
  3. qualified worker
2 領 lǐng
  1. neck
  2. collar
  3. to lead
  4. to receive
  5. classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
3 進門 jìnmén
  1. to enter a door
  2. to go in
  3. to learn the basics of a subject
  4. to join one's husband's household upon marriage
4 修行 xiūxíng
  1. to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism)
  2. to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
5 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
6 個人 gèrén
  1. individual
  2. personal
  3. oneself