道山学海
dào​shān​xué​hǎi

lofty knowledge and vast learning

  • created sense approved 道山学海/道山學海 · dào​shān​xué​hǎi · lofty knowledge and vast learning — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    道山学海 / 道山學海

    dào​shān​xué​hǎi

    lofty knowledge and vast learning

    (idiom) learning that is as high as a mountain and as deep as a sea; having profound and extensive scholarship; also used to mean art is long, life is short

    道 (literal) → 道 · dào · principle 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain 学 (literal) → 学/學 · xué · learning 海 (literal) → 海 · hǎi · sea

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