涯 yá

  1. yá noun shore; bank; water's edge
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 水边; for example, in 書經·微子 ”Book of Documents” Count of Wei: 若涉大水，其無津涯 'like that of one crossing a stream, who can find neither ford nor bank' (trans. by Legge 1865; Guoyu '涯' n 1; Unihan '涯').
  2. yá noun boundary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 边际 (Guoyu '涯' n 2)
  3. yá noun limit; extreme
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 极限; for example, in 莊子·養生主 ”Zhuangzi”, Nourishing the Lord of Life: 吾生也有涯，而知也无涯 'There is a limit to our life, but to knowledge there is no limit' (trans. by Legge 1891; Guoyu '涯' n 3).

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瀛涯胜览 、 无涯 、 天涯若比邻 、 海内存知己，天涯若比邻 、 浪迹天涯 、 职涯 、 人生短暂，学术无涯 、 天涯海角 、 吾生也有涯，而知也无涯 、 生涯 、 咫尺天涯 、 地角天涯 、 戎马生涯 、 天涯 、 天涯何处无芳草

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