人非生而知之者，孰能无惑

Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt? / We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4])

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa

to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)

to know / to be aware

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this

who / which / what

surname Neng

can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy

not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

to confuse / to be puzzled