讀萬卷書不如行萬里路 (duk6 maan6 gyun2 syu1 bat1 jyu4 haang4 maan6 lei5 lou6) — it is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books: it means in order to attain wisdom, it is not enough merely to read books, one must also travel a lot to get real experience in Cantonese
dukˍ₆讀maanˍ₆萬gyunˊ²卷syuˉ¹書batˉ¹不jyuˎ₄如haangˎ₄行maanˍ₆萬leiˏ₅里louˍ₆路简 读万卷书不如行万里路
Mandarin Pinyin: du2 wan4 juan4 shu1 bu4 ru2 xing2 wan4 li3 lu4
Meaning of 讀萬卷書不如行萬里路
verbit is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books: it means in order to attain wisdom, it is not enough merely to read books, one must also travel a lot to get real experience