学海无涯

學海無涯

xuéhǎi-wúyá

idiom

Meanings

1 the sea of learning has no shore
2 there is no end to learning

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

学海无涯，他退休以后又开始学法语了。

Xuéhǎi-wúyá, tā tuìxiū yǐhòu yòu kāishǐ xué Fǎyǔ le.

The sea of learning has no shore: after he retired, he took up French.

HSK 6

学海无涯，毕业不是学习的终点。

Xuéhǎi-wúyá, bìyè bú shì xuéxí de zhōngdiǎn.

There is no end to learning: graduating is not the finish line.

Tips

culture

Often completed as 学海无涯苦作舟, 'on the shoreless sea of learning, hard work is the boat', the second line of a study couplet that hangs on countless classroom walls.

Stroke Order

学 xué

海 hǎi

无 wú

涯 yá