学海无涯 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• sea of learning, no horizon ; no limits to what one still has to learn
• ars longa, vita brevis

Character by character

• 学xuélearning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to s
• 海hǎisea, ocean; maritime
• 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
• 涯yáborder, horizon; river bank, shore

Idioms sharing a character

• 不学无术 bù xué wú shù
• 不愧下学 bù kuì xià xué
• 博学多才 bó xué duō cái
• 品学兼优 pǐn xué jiān yōu
• 学以致用 xué yǐ zhì yòng
• 学富五车 xué fù wǔ chē
• 学海泛舟 xué hǎi fàn zhōu
• 学无止境 xué wú zhǐ jìng
• 才疏学浅 cái shū xué qiǎn
• 文江学海 wén jiāng xué hǎi

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