学到老

學到老

xuédàolǎo

phrase #34,562

Meanings

1 learn until you're old; keep learning your whole life
2 second half of the proverb 活到老，学到老 ('one is never too old to learn')

Characters

to study, learn

until, to reach

Examples

活到老，学到老。

Huó dào lǎo, xué dào lǎo.

Live till you're old, learn till you're old. (one is never too old to learn)

我父亲八十岁还在学到老。

Wǒ fùqīn bāshí suì hái zài xuédàolǎo.

My father is eighty and still keeps learning.

在科技行业必须学到老。

Zài kējì hángyè bìxū xuédàolǎo.

In the tech industry you have to keep learning your whole life.

Tips

history

活到老，学到老 is most often attributed to the Han philosopher 颜之推 in 《颜氏家训》 ('Family Instructions of the Yan Clan'), who advocated lifelong learning roughly 1,500 years ago. Modern speakers also use the 学到老 half alone as shorthand for the lifelong-learning idea.

Stroke Order

学 xué

到 dào

老 lǎo