Yù qióng qiān lǐ mù, gèng shàng yī céng lóu.

欲窮千里目, 更上一層樓。

Lit [If one] desires [to see] as far as [one's] eye [can for a] thousand leagues, [one must] ascend even one story [higher].

Fig If one wants to know more, one must exert even more effort.

Note [A line from a poem entitled “Dèng Guàn Què Lóu” by the Tang dynasty poet Wang Zhihuan.]

Topics Dèng Què Lóu EFFORT KNOWLEDGE LEARNING Tang dynasty Wang_Zhihuan