• ⼅(hook; fishhook)
• 口(mouth; speech)
• 彐(hand holding brush)

Using your hand to hold a brush and write down important spoken words from beginning to end is work.

• 言(speech; words)
• 川(flowing river; stream)

Training means letting instruction flow steadily like a river into the student's mind.

• 糹(silk thread; silk fiber)
• 柬(select; letter)

Practice is like drawing silk thread, carefully selecting each strand to make it perfectly smooth.

• ⼅(hook; fishhook)
• 口(mouth; speech)
• 彐(hand holding brush)

Using your hand to hold a brush and write down important spoken words from beginning to end is work.

• 言(speech; words)
• 川(flowing river; stream)

Training means letting instruction flow steadily like a river into the student's mind.

• 糹(silk thread; silk fiber)
• 柬(select; letter)

Practice is like drawing silk thread, carefully selecting each strand to make it perfectly smooth.