师父领进门，修行在个人 in English shi1 fu5 ling3 jin4 men2 , xiu1 xing2 zai4 ge4 ren2 Meaning

Meanings

  • the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you
  • you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

Simplified Characters

师 父 领 进 门 ， 修 行 在 个 人

Traditional Characters

師 父 領 進 門 ， 修 行 在 個 人

Pinyin

shi1 fu5 ling3 jin4 men2 , xiu1 xing2 zai4 ge4 ren2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

师shi1surname Shi 父fu4father 领ling3neck 进jin4to go forward 门men2surname Men ， 修xiu1surname Xiu 行xing2row 在zai4(located) at 个ge4individual 人ren2man