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Definition(s) for: 学海无涯

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
学海无涯 xué hǎi wú yá - sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn
- ars longa, vita brevis

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 97,742 50,460

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xué- to learn
- to study
- to imitate
- science
- -ology
hǎi- surname Hai
hǎi- ocean
- sea
- CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]
- great number of people or things
- (dialect) numerous
- used in 南無|南无[na1mo2]
- not to have
- no
- none
- not
- to lack
- un-
- -less
- border
- horizon
- shore

Other Words Containing 学海无涯

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo