文江学海 — Chinese idiom
文江学海
wén jiāng xué hǎi
Traditional: 文江學海
Meaning
- river of literacy, sea of learning ; ars longa, vita brevis
Character by character
- 文wénculture, literature, writing
- 江jiānglarge river; the Yangtze; surname
- 学xuélearning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to s
- 海hǎisea, ocean; maritime
Idioms sharing a character
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
- 一纸空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén
- 不值一文 bù zhí yī wén
- 博文约礼 bó wén yuē lǐ
- 咬文嚼字 yǎo wén jiáo zì
- 天文数字 tiān wén shù zì
- 奇文共赏 qí wén gòng shǎng
- 才兼文武 cái jiān wén wǔ
- 文不加点 wén bù jiā diǎn
- 文人相轻 wén rén xiāng qīng
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