- 生涯 shēngyá careera professional path or the period of time spent in a particular occupation
- 天涯 tiānyá faraway placethe other end of the world or a very distant place
- 天涯海角 tiānyáhǎijiǎo remote cornersThe most distant parts of the world; the ends of the earth.
- 浪迹天涯 làngjìtiānyá roamto roam far and wide or wander to the ends of the earth, often living a nomadic life
- 咫尺天涯 zhǐchǐtiānyá close yet distantso close, yet worlds apart
- 学海无涯 xuéhǎiwúyá boundless learningThe sea of knowledge is infinite and there are no limits to what one still has to learn; often equated to the Latin phrase 'ars longa, vita brevis'.
- 戎马生涯 róngmǎshēngyá military careera career spent in the army or the experience of life during wartime
- 天涯若比邻 tiānyáruòbǐlín close in spiritfeeling as close as neighbors despite being physically far apart; far-flung realms as next door
- 地角天涯 dìjiǎotiānyá ends of earthThe ends of the earth
- 职涯 zhíyá careercareer; professional life
- 天涯何处无芳草 tiānyáhéchùwúfāngcǎo plenty of fishthere are plenty more fish in the sea
- 天涯区 Tiānyá Qū Tianya DistrictTianya, a district of Sanya City, Hainan
- 海内存知己,天涯若比邻 hǎinèicúnzhījǐ, tiānyáruòbǐlín spiritual proximitytrue friendship transcends physical distance; feeling close in spirit even when far apart
- 吾生也有涯,而知也无涯 wúshēngyěyǒuyá, érzhīyěwúyá limited life, infinite knowledgeHuman life is finite while the pursuit of knowledge is infinite; a famous quote from the Zhuangzi emphasizing the vastness of learning.
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH