教无常师 / 教無常師

jiào​wú​cháng​shī

one can learn from anyone

one's education or learning does not need to be limited to a single fixed teacher; anyone with virtue or specialized knowledge can serve as a teacher

教 (literal) → 教 · jiào · to instruct 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 常 (literal) → 常 · cháng · constant 师 (literal) → 师/師 · shī · teacher

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM