"學海無涯" meaning in Chinese

See 學海無涯 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ jä³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːk̚² hɔːi̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ ŋaːi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 学海无涯 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 學海無涯
  1. knowledge is infinite like a boundless ocean; there is no limits to what one can learn Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 學無止境 (xuéwúzhǐjìng), 学无止境 (xuéwúzhǐjìng) Derived forms: 學海無涯勤是岸 (xuéhǎiwúyáqínshì'àn), 学海无涯勤是岸 (xuéhǎiwúyáqínshì'àn), 學海無涯,唯勤是岸 / 学海无涯,唯勤是岸 (xuéhǎiwúyá, wéiqínshì'àn), 書山有路勤為徑,學海無涯苦作舟, 书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟
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      "form": "学海无涯",
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "xuéhǎiwúyáqínshì'àn",
          "word": "學海無涯勤是岸"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xuéhǎiwúyáqínshì'àn",
          "word": "学海无涯勤是岸"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xuéhǎiwúyá, wéiqínshì'àn",
          "word": "學海無涯,唯勤是岸 / 学海无涯,唯勤是岸"
        },
        {
          "word": "書山有路勤為徑,學海無涯苦作舟"
        },
        {
          "word": "书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knowledge is infinite like a boundless ocean; there is no limits to what one can learn"
      ],
      "id": "en-學海無涯-zh-phrase-9k-FAbYY",
      "links": [
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ],
        [
          "infinite",
          "infinite"
        ],
        [
          "boundless",
          "boundless"
        ],
        [
          "ocean",
          "ocean"
        ],
        [
          "no",
          "no"
        ],
        [
          "limits",
          "limits"
        ],
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ],
        [
          "learn",
          "learn"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "xuéwúzhǐjìng",
          "word": "學無止境"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xuéwúzhǐjìng",
          "word": "学无止境"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xuéhǎiwúyá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄧㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hok⁶ hoi² mou⁴ ngaai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xuéhǎiwúyá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄧㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syuéhǎiwúyá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsüeh²-hai³-wu²-ya²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sywé-hǎi-wú-yá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shyuehaewuya"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sjuexajuja",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сюэхайуя"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ jä³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hok⁶ hoi² mou⁴ ngaai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hohk hói mòuh ngàaih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hok⁹ hoi² mou⁴ ngaai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hog⁶ hoi² mou⁴ ngai⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːk̚² hɔːi̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ ŋaːi̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "學海無涯"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "xuéhǎiwúyáqínshì'àn",
      "word": "學海無涯勤是岸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuéhǎiwúyáqínshì'àn",
      "word": "学海无涯勤是岸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuéhǎiwúyá, wéiqínshì'àn",
      "word": "學海無涯,唯勤是岸 / 学海无涯,唯勤是岸"
    },
    {
      "word": "書山有路勤為徑,學海無涯苦作舟"
    },
    {
      "word": "书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "学海无涯",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "zh",
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      },
      "expansion": "學海無涯",
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 學",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 海",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 涯",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 無",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knowledge is infinite like a boundless ocean; there is no limits to what one can learn"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ],
        [
          "infinite",
          "infinite"
        ],
        [
          "boundless",
          "boundless"
        ],
        [
          "ocean",
          "ocean"
        ],
        [
          "no",
          "no"
        ],
        [
          "limits",
          "limits"
        ],
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ],
        [
          "learn",
          "learn"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xuéhǎiwúyá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄧㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hok⁶ hoi² mou⁴ ngaai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xuéhǎiwúyá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄧㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syuéhǎiwúyá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsüeh²-hai³-wu²-ya²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sywé-hǎi-wú-yá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shyuehaewuya"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sjuexajuja",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сюэхайуя"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ jä³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hok⁶ hoi² mou⁴ ngaai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hohk hói mòuh ngàaih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hok⁹ hoi² mou⁴ ngaai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hog⁶ hoi² mou⁴ ngai⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːk̚² hɔːi̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ ŋaːi̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xuéwúzhǐjìng",
      "word": "學無止境"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuéwúzhǐjìng",
      "word": "学无止境"
    }
  ],
  "word": "學海無涯"
}

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