无边无际

無邊無際
wúbiān-wújì
idiom HSK 7-9 #31,845

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 5
Tā duì wèilái yǒuzhe wúbiānwújì de xiǎngxiàng.
He has limitless imagination about the future.
HSK 7-9
Wúbiānwújì de dàhǎi ràng rénxīn kuàng shén yí.
The boundless sea makes one feel refreshed.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

无 wú
边 biān
际 jì