# 学以致用

xué yǐ zhì yòng

Put learning into practice

## Meaning & wording

**Literally:** Use learning to bring about application

**Traditional Chinese:** 學以致用

**Register:** Positive · formal

[Effort & growth](https://chinese-idioms.yudis.dev/idioms/topics/effort)

## When to use it

Use for applying knowledge to real tasks.

It does not deny the value of learning without immediate application.

## Behind the words

The expression directly joins learning with practical application. It describes knowledge becoming useful through action.

The expression connects learning with practical application. It praises bringing knowledge into decisions, tasks, or problem-solving rather than leaving it only in memory. It does not suggest that every subject needs an immediate commercial use. Application may include better understanding, service, creativity, or a practical task suited to the knowledge acquired.

## Examples

学完这些表达后，试着在交流中学以致用。

### Traditional Chinese

學完這些表達後，試著在交流中學以致用。

xué wán zhè xiē biǎo dá hòu ， shì zhe zài jiāo liú zhōng xué yǐ zhì yòng 。

After learning these expressions, try putting them to use in conversation.

学完急救课程后，她希望能学以致用，帮助有需要的人。

### Traditional Chinese

學完急救課程後，她希望能學以致用，幫助有需要的人。

xué wán jí jiù kè chéng hòu ， tā xī wàng néng xué yǐ zhì yòng ， bāng zhù yǒu xū yào de rén 。

After the first-aid course, she hoped to put her learning to use helping others.

实习给了学生学以致用的机会。

### Traditional Chinese

實習給了學生學以致用的機會。

shí xí gěi le xué shēng xué yǐ zhì yòng de jī huì 。

The internship gave students a chance to apply what they had learned.

他用新学的统计方法分析销售数据，做到了学以致用。

### Traditional Chinese

他用新學的統計方法分析銷售數據，做到了學以致用。

tā yòng xīn xué de tǒng jì fāng fǎ fēn xī xiāo shòu shù jù ， zuò dào le xué yǐ zhì yòng 。

He put his new statistics skills to use analyzing sales data.

## Sources & reference checks

Original explanations and examples from Chinese Idioms Almanac. Source-checked October 4, 2026.

- [Ministry of Education · 成語典](https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/idiomView.jsp?ID=8523&q=1&webMd=1&la=0)

- [CC-CEDICT · forms & pronunciation](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdqb=%E5%AD%B8%E4%BB%A5%E8%87%B4%E7%94%A8)

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