学无止境

學無止境

xuéwúzhǐjìng

idiom #62,738

Meanings

1 learning has no end
2 there is always more to learn
3 live and learn

Characters

to learn / study

boundary / realm

Examples

学无止境,活到老学到老。

Xuéwúzhǐjìng, huó dào lǎo xué dào lǎo.

Learning has no end — keep learning your whole life.

他常说学无止境,所以八十岁还在读书。

Tā cháng shuō xuéwúzhǐjìng, suǒyǐ bāshí suì hái zài dúshū.

He often says learning has no limit, which is why he's still studying at eighty.

Tips

history

From Liu Kai 刘开's Qing-dynasty essay 《问说》: 理无专在，而学无止境也 — 'truth has no fixed home, and learning has no end.' Often paired with 活到老,学到老 (live till old, learn till old) in modern usage.

Stroke Order

学 xué

无 wú

止 zhǐ

境 jìng