"live and learn" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: lives and learns [present, singular, third-person], living and learning [participle, present], lived and learned [participle, past], lived and learned [past], lived and learnt [participle, past], lived and learnt [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|live<> and learn<,,:learnt>}} live and learn (third-person singular simple present lives and learns, present participle living and learning, simple past and past participle lived and learned or lived and learnt)
  1. An exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences. Commonly used after a misfortune to indicate a moral lesson. Related terms: learn the hard way, you're never too old to learn Translations (exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences): ningú no neix ensenyat (Catalan), 活到老,學到老 (Chinese Mandarin), 活到老 (Chinese Mandarin), 学到老 (huó dào lǎo, xué dào lǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 學無止境 (Chinese Mandarin), 学无止境 (xuéwúzhǐjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 吃一塹長一智 (Chinese Mandarin), 吃一堑长一智 (chīyīqiàn zhǎngyīzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), oppia ikä kaikki (Finnish), man lernt nie aus (German), mindig tanul az ember (Hungarian), holtig tanul az ember (Hungarian), jó pap holtig tanul (Hungarian), tagann ciall le haois (Irish), vivendo s'impara (Italian), człowiek uczy się przez całe życie (Polish), vivendo e aprendendo (Portuguese), ninguno escarmienta en cabeza ajena (Spanish), nadie nace aprendido (Spanish), nadie nace sabiendo (Spanish), errando se aprende a herrar [dated] (Spanish), man lär så länge man lever (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "学到老"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "學無止境"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "学无止境"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "吃一塹長一智"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chīyīqiàn zhǎngyīzhì",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "吃一堑长一智"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "oppia ikä kaikki"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "man lernt nie aus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "mindig tanul az ember"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "holtig tanul az ember"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "jó pap holtig tanul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "tagann ciall le haois"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "vivendo s'impara"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "człowiek uczy się przez całe życie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "vivendo e aprendendo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "век живи́ — век учи́сь (vek živí — vek učísʹ)",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "ninguno escarmienta en cabeza ajena"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "nadie nace aprendido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "nadie nace sabiendo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "errando se aprende a herrar"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences",
      "word": "man lär så länge man lever"
    }
  ],
  "word": "live and learn"
}

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