the students surpass the teacher
Ice is colder than water, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ī NGH á NY ú Shu ǐ, which means that ice is better than water; it means that students are better than teachers. It's from persuasion.
The origin of Idioms
Xunzi's persuasion: "ice, water for it, and cold in water."
Idiom usage
Subject predicate; as predicate and object; with commendatory meaning. Example (DAO) Shi Shi Zhang (Ji Bo), who is cold than water. "Notes of famous paintings in the past dynasties · 7 · Nanqi" by Zhang Yanyuan in Tang Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : bīng hán yú shuǐ
the students surpass the teacher
hills as if smiling in spring. chūn shān rú xiào
restrain vicious and foster sincere habits. xián xié cún chéng
lament one 's littleness before the vast ocean. wàng yáng xīng tàn
wise chancellors and brave generals. móu chén měng jiāng