學而不厭

Chinese

		learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	not; no	loathe
trad. (學而不厭)		學	而	不	厭
simp. (学而不厌)		学	而	不	厌

Etymology

From the Analects, Book 7 (《論語·述而》):

子曰：「默而識之，學而不厭，誨人不倦，何有於我哉？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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子曰：「默而识之，学而不厌，诲人不倦，何有于我哉？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐ yuē: “Mò ér zhì zhī, xué ér bù yàn, huì rén bù juàn, hé yǒu yú wǒ zāi?” [Pinyin]

The Master said, "The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied - which one of these things belongs to me?"

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xué'érbùyàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hok⁶ ji⁴ bat¹ jim³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xué'érbùyàn [Phonetic: xué'érbúyàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syué-érbùyàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh²-êrh²-pu⁴-yen⁴
    • Yale: sywé-ér-bù-yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyueerlbuyann
    • Palladius: сюээрбуянь (sjueerbujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hok⁶ ji⁴ bat¹ jim³
    • Yale: hohk yìh bāt yim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hok⁹ ji⁴ bat⁷ jim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hog⁶ yi⁴ bed¹ yim³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːk̚² jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jiːm³³/

Idiom

學而不厭

1. to have an insatiable desire to learn

   • 對自己，「學而不厭」，對人家，「誨人不倦」，我們應取這種態度。 [MSC, trad.]
     对自己，「学而不厌」，对人家，「诲人不倦」，我们应取这种态度。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國共產黨在民族戰爭中的地位》 (The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Duì zìjǐ, “xué ér bù yàn”, duì rénjia, “huì rén bù juàn”, wǒmen yīng qǔ zhè zhǒng tàidù. [Pinyin]

     Our attitude towards ourselves should be “to be insatiable in learning” and towards others “to be tireless in teaching”.