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學無止境

简学无止境 · 繁學無止境

Mandarin · pinyin xué wú zhǐ jìng

no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study.
You live and learn.

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學: xué · learning, knowledge; school
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止: zhǐ · stop, halt, desist; detain
境: jìng · boundary, frontier; area, region
学: xué · learning, knowledge; school
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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2–2–3–4 · xue2 wu2 zhi3 jing4

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hok6 mou4 zi2 ging2

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(idiomatic) knowledge is infinite; there is no limit to knowledge

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