孺子可教 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• this young person is worth teaching (used to praise sb as promising or capable of being taught)

Character by character

• 孺rúchild; blood relation; affection
• 子zǐson, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
• 教jiàoschool, education

Idioms sharing a character

• 妇孺皆知 fù rú jiē zhī
• 乱臣贼子 luàn chén zéi zǐ
• 仁人君子 rén rén jūn zǐ
• 佳人才子 jiā rén cái zǐ
• 多子多福 duō zǐ duō fú
• 妻离子散 qī lí zǐ sàn
• 子丑寅卯 zǐ chǒu yín mǎo
• 子子孙孙 zǐ zǐ sūn sūn
• 子承父业 zǐ chéng fù yè
• 子虚乌有 zǐ xū wū yǒu

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