there are no shortcuts in learning
Proverb meaning that true scholarship requires steady effort; there is no easy royal road to knowledge.
See also: 王道
As the saying goes, there are no shortcuts in learning, so I just have to study steadily every day.
王道 (sense 2) means 'easy way' or 'shortcut'; this proverb negates that idea for scholarship.
A Japanese rendering of the ancient Greek saying 'There is no royal road to geometry,' attributed to Euclid. The phrase was adapted into Japanese using 学問 (learning) and 王道 (royal road).