无边无际

無邊無際
wúbiānwújì
idiom #31,845

Meanings

  1. 1 boundless
  2. 2 limitless
  3. 3 vast and without end

Examples

Wúbiānwújì de dàhǎi ràng rén xīnkuàngshényí.
The boundless sea makes one feel refreshed.
Tā duì wèilái yǒuzhe wúbiānwújì de xiǎngxiàng.
He has limitless imagination about the future.

Tips

history
Recorded in the Qing-dynasty novel 《》 (The Complete Story of Yue Fei), Chapter 66: '茫茫一片无边无际原来湖边' — describing the vast white expanse of Lake Tai.
memory
Two parallel negations: (no) + (edge) // (no) + (boundary). 'No edge, no boundary' = boundless. The ...... pattern is a productive Chinese idiom frame: 无忧无虑 (carefree), 无影无踪 (without a trace).

Stroke Order

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