孺子可教 [
rú zǐ kě jiào]
The young man is promising and worthy to be taught.
The boy is worth teaching.
- 我也算是孺子可教了吧。
I am worthy of being taught. - 人们根据这个故事引申出“孺子可教”这句成语,用于年长的人称赞年轻人有培养成材的前途。
The idiom "the boy is worth teaching" has been drawn from this story to refer to an elder praising the educational prospects of a youngster.