學富五車

Chinese

		learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology	rich; abundant; to enrich rich; abundant; to enrich; resource	five	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (學富五車)		學	富	五	車
simp. (学富五车)		学	富	五	车
Literally: “with rich knowledge that can be put into five carts”.

Etymology

From Zhuangzi's comment about Hui Shi:

惠施多方，其書五車，其道舛駁，其言也不中。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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惠施多方，其书五车，其道舛驳，其言也不中。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

Huì Shī duō fāng, qí shū wǔ chē, qí dào chuǎnbó, qí yán yě bù zhòng. [Pinyin]

Hui Shi knows many things in different fields. He has read five carts of books. However, his philosophy is messy, and what he says are not appropriate either.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuéfùwǔchē, xuéfùwǔjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄨˇ ㄔㄜ, ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄨˇ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hok⁶ fu³ ng⁵ geoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuéfùwǔchē
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄨˇ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuéfùwǔche
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh²-fu⁴-wu³-chʻê¹
    • Yale: sywé-fù-wǔ-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuefuhwuuche
    • Palladius: сюэфуучэ (sjuefuučɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ fu⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuéfùwǔjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄨˇ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuéfùwǔjyu
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh²-fu⁴-wu³-chü¹
    • Yale: sywé-fù-wǔ-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuefuhwuujiu
    • Palladius: сюэфууцзюй (sjuefuuczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ fu⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hok⁶ fu³ ng⁵ geoi¹
    • Yale: hohk fu ńgh gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hok⁹ fu³ ng⁵ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hog⁶ fu³ ng⁵ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːk̚² fuː³³ ŋ̍¹³ kɵy̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

學富五車

1. to be learned; to be extremely knowledgeable