言有盡而意無窮

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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 sth)
 
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
 
trad. (言有盡而意無窮) 無窮
simp. (言有尽而意无穷) 无穷

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Idiom

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言有盡而意無窮

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