知易行难 — Chinese idiom
知易行难
zhī yì xíng nán
Traditional: 知易行難
Meaning
- easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice
- easier said than done
Character by character
- 知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 易yìto change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
Idioms sharing a character
- 一望而知 yī wàng ér zhī
- 一无所知 yī wú suǒ zhī
- 一知半解 yī zhī bàn jiě
- 一叶知秋 yī yè zhī qiū
- 不知丁董 bù zhī Dīng Dǒng
- 不知不觉 bù zhī bù jué
- 不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi
- 不知所以 bù zhī suǒ yǐ
- 不知所措 bù zhī suǒ cuò
- 不知所终 bù zhī suǒ zhōng
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