学海

學海
xuéhǎi
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the sea of learning
  2. 2 the vast world of scholarship

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā zài xuéhǎi zhōng áoyóu le yíbèizi.
He spent his whole life voyaging on the sea of learning.
HSK 7-9
Xuéhǎi hàohàn, shéi yě bù néng shuō zìjǐ shénme dōu dǒng.
The sea of learning is so vast that no one can claim to know everything.

Tips

culture
Best known from the study couplet 书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟: 'the mountain of books has a path, and diligence is the way; the sea of learning has no shore, and hard work is the boat'. Students also say 学海泛舟, 'to sail the sea of learning'.

Stroke Order

学 xué
海 hǎi