听君一席话，胜读十年书

聽君一席話，勝讀十年書
tīngjūnyīxíhuà,shèngdúshíniánshū
listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 听 tīng
  1. to listen to; to hear
  2. to heed; to obey
  3. a can (loanword from English "tin")
  4. classifier for canned beverages
  5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. tìng)
  6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. tìng)
2 君 jūn
  1. monarch
  2. lord
  3. gentleman
  4. ruler
3 一席话 yīxíhuà
  1. the content of a conversation
  2. words
  3. remarks
4 胜 shèng
  1. victory
  2. success
  3. to beat
  4. to defeat
  5. to surpass
  6. victorious
  7. superior to
  8. to get the better of
  9. better than
  10. surpassing
  11. superb (of vista)
  12. beautiful (scenery)
  13. wonderful (view)
  14. (Taiwan pr. shēng) able to bear
  15. equal to (a task)
5 读 dú
  1. to read out; to read aloud
  2. to read
  3. to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
  4. to pronounce
6 十年 shínián ten years; decade
7 书 shū
  1. book
  2. letter
  3. document
  4. to write

classifiers: 本, 冊, 部