师父领进门，修行在个人

shīfulǐngjìnmén,xiūxíngzàigèrén

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

Traditional 師父領進門，修行在個人

Meaning

shīfulǐngjìnmén,xiūxíngzàigèrénshi1 fu5 ling3 jin4 men2 , xiu1 xing2 zai4 ge4 ren2
  1. the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you
  2. you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

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