哪学来

哪學來
nǎxuélái
phrase #32,403

Meanings

  1. 1 where did (you/he/etc.) learn (this) from?
  2. 2 (colloquial) however did you pick that up?

Examples

Nǐ zhè jù zānghuà shì nǎ xué lái de?
Where did you learn that swear word?
Tā zuò cài de shǒuyì shì nǎ xué lái de?
Where did she learn to cook like that?

Tips

grammar
Almost always appears inside the pattern X ? — '(it is) from-where learned?'. The is a directional/result complement implying 'come to know/acquire'. Casual register, often spoken with surprise or mild disapproval. The fuller form 哪儿 (cóng nǎr xué lái de) is more common in writing.
register
Tone matters: said with a smile it's admiring ('how did you learn that?'), said with a frown it's reproachful ('where on earth did you pick that up?'). Children hear the second sense often.

Stroke Order

xué
lái