言有盡而意無窮

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something)	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)	to be endless; to be boundless; to be inexhaustible to be endless; to be boundless; to be inexhaustible; infinity
trad. (言有盡而意無窮)		言	有	盡	而	意	無窮
simp. (言有尽而意无穷)		言	有	尽	而	意	无穷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán yǒu jìn ér yì wúqióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄦˊ ㄧˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yán yǒu jìn ér yì wúqióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄦˊ ㄧˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yán yǒu jìn ér yì wúcyóng
    • Wade–Giles: yen² yu³ chin⁴ êrh² i⁴ wu²-chʻiung²
    • Yale: yán yǒu jìn ér yì wú-chyúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan yeou jinn erl yih wuchyong
    • Palladius: янь ю цзинь эр и уцюн (janʹ ju czinʹ er i ucjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ i⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

Idiom

言有盡而意無窮

1. (of poetry or prose) there's an end to the words, but not to their message