For pronunciation and definitions of <span class="searchmatch">不经</span><span class="searchmatch">一事</span>，<span class="searchmatch">不长一智</span> – see 不經一事，不長一智 (“one can't know about something unless one experiences it; wisdom comes from experience”)...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">不经</span><span class="searchmatch">一事</span>，<span class="searchmatch">不长一智</span> Mandarin (Pinyin): bù jīng yī shì, bù zhǎng yī zhì (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧ ㄕˋ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄤˇ ㄧ ㄓˋ Cantonese (Jyutping): bat1 ging1 jat1 si6...
一事無成 / <span class="searchmatch">一事</span>无成 (yīshìwúchéng) 不因<span class="searchmatch">一事</span>，不長一智 / 不因<span class="searchmatch">一事</span>，<span class="searchmatch">不长一智</span> 不經一事，不長一智 / <span class="searchmatch">不经</span><span class="searchmatch">一事</span>，<span class="searchmatch">不长一智</span> (bù jīng yī shì, bù zhǎng yī zhì) 九一一事件 多<span class="searchmatch">一事</span>不如少<span class="searchmatch">一事</span> (duō yī shì bùrú shǎo yī shì) 多<span class="searchmatch">一事</span>不如省一事...