学而不厌
xué ér bù yàn
never tired of learning
Character by character
学xué
learn
learn
而ér
and
and
不bù
not
not
厌yàn
tire
tire
Example
王教授八十岁了还在学用电脑，真是学而不厌。
Professor Wang is eighty and still learning to use a computer; he never tires of learning.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
From the 《论语》, usually paired: 学而不厌，诲人不倦, never tired of learning, never weary of teaching. 厌 here means “to tire of”, not “to hate”.
Learn this in Lesson 86 · HSK 6–7: 孔子其人 (Confucius the man)
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