道山学海 (道山學海)
dào shān xué hǎi
Pinyin
Definition
道山学海 (道山學海)
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- mountain of Dao, sea of learning (idiom); learning is as high as the mountains, as wide as the seas
- ars longa, vita brevis
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
一语道破
- 1 one word says it all (idiom)
- 2 to hit the nail on the head
- 3 to be pithy and correct
不识泰山
- 1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
不足为外人道
- 1 no use to tell others
- 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)