吾生也有涯，而知也无涯
吾生也有涯，而知也无涯
wú shēng yě yǒu yá , ér zhī yě wú yá
Life is short, learning is limitless; Ars longa, vita brevis
Traditional: 吾生也有涯，而知也無涯
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- Life is short, learning is limitless
- Ars longa, vita brevis
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人生短暂，学术无涯(rén shēng duǎn zàn , xué shù wú yá)— Life is short, learning is limitless
→学海无涯(xué hǎi wú yá)— sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn
→文江学海(wén jiāng xué hǎi)— river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis
→道山学海(dào shān xué hǎi)— mountain of Dao, sea of learning (idiom); learning is as high as the mountains, as wide as the seas
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