涯
yá
Pinyin

Definition

涯
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yá
  1. border
  2. horizon
  3. shore

Character Decomposition

Related Words (5)

天涯
tiān yá
  1. 1 the other end of the world
  2. 2 a faraway place
生涯
shēng yá
  1. 1 career
  2. 2 life (way in which sb lives)
  3. 3 period of one's life
戎马生涯
róng mǎ shēng yá
  1. 1 army life (idiom)
  2. 2 the experience of war
涯
yá
  1. 1 border
  2. 2 horizon
  3. 3 shore
职涯
zhí yá
  1. 1 career

Idioms (6)

咫尺天涯
zhǐ chǐ tiān yá
  1. 1 so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)
天涯何处无芳草
tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎo
  1. 1 there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
天涯若比邻
tiān yá ruò bǐ lín
  1. 1 far-flung realms as next door (idiom)
  2. 2 close in spirit although far away
学海无涯
xué hǎi wú yá
  1. 1 sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn
  2. 2 ars longa, vita brevis
戎马生涯
róng mǎ shēng yá
  1. 1 army life (idiom)
  2. 2 the experience of war

Sample Sentences

正所谓，海上生明月，天涯共此时，不是吗？
zhèng suǒwèi ，hǎishàng shēng Míngyuè ，tiānyá gòng cǐ shí ，bùshìma ？
It's like that line from that poem 'The moon rises from the sea and people at opposite ends of the earth watch it together,' no?
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哎呀，谁说不是呢，啊哈，我的意思是，既然已经是前女友了，还是想开点儿天涯何处无芳草不是？诶，客舱安全检查了，遮光板给关一下，快快。
āiyā ，shéi shuō búshi ne ，ā hā ，wǒ de yìsi shì ，jìrán yǐjīng shì qiánnǚyǒu le ，háishi xiǎngkāi diǎnr tiānyá héchù wú fāngcǎo búshi ？ēi ，kècāng ānquán jiǎnchá le ，zhēguāngbǎn gěi guān yīxià ，kuài kuài 。
Ah, who says you aren’t? Ah ha, what I mean is, since she’s already your ex-girlfriend, you should try and accept things. There’s plenty more fish in the sea and all that, no? Agh, cabin safety inspection. Can you close the shade, quickly.
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早就辞职不干了呗，现在我已经在一家外企开始全新的职业生涯了。
zǎo jiù cízhí bù gàn le bēi ，xiànzài wǒ yǐjīng zài yī jiā wàiqǐ kāishǐ quánxīn de zhíyè shēngyá le 。
I quit ages ago. Now I'm at a foreign-owned company starting a new chapter in my career.
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天涯何处无芳草，我们要向前看，找一个更好的。
tiānyá héchù wú fāngcǎo ，wǒmen yào xiàngqiánkàn ，zhǎo yī gè gèng hǎo de 。
There are plenty of fish inthe sea. Let's look ahead and find an even better one.
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苍茫的天涯是我的爱，
cāngmáng de tiānyá shì wǒ de ài ，
The boundless corners of the earth are my love
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