Definition
涯 is a bound form (b.f.) meaning 'boundary, limit, edge' — it cannot stand alone as a word. You'll find it in literary or formal compounds like 天涯 ('end of the sky; faraway place'), 生涯 ('career; livelihood', literally 'life's boundary'), and 无涯 ('boundless, limitless'). It carries a sense of a spatial or temporal limit, often with a poetic or abstract tone.
b.f.
boundarylimitshoreedge
Examples
- 。Tā yí gè rén qù le tiān yá hǎi jiǎo.He went alone to the ends of the earth.
- 。Tā de yìshù shēng yá fēicháng jīngcǎi.Her artistic career is very brilliant.
- 涯,。Xué hǎi wú yá, qín xué shì lù.The sea of learning is boundless; diligence is the path.
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