吾生也有涯,而知也无涯 (吾生也有涯,而知也無涯)
wú shēng yě yǒu yá , ér zhī yě wú yá
Pinyin

Definition

吾生也有涯,而知也无涯 (吾生也有涯,而知也無涯)
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wú shēng yě yǒu yá , ér zhī yě wú yá
  1. Life is short, learning is limitless
  2. Ars longa, vita brevis

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 surname Ye
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
yǒu
  1. 1 to have
  2. 2 there is
  3. 3 there are
  4. 4 to exist
  5. 5 to be
méi yǒu
  1. 1 haven't
  2. 2 hasn't
  3. 3 doesn't exist
  4. 4 to not have
  5. 5 to not be
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood

Idioms (20)

一不做,二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十,十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜,一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)