Word: 学 (xué)

理发师的徒弟，从头学起

lǐfàshī de túdì, cóngtóu xué qǐ

the barber's apprentice: learns starting from the head

生有涯，学无边

shēng yǒuyá, xué wúbiān

life has a shore; learning has no edge

箭头虽利，不射不发；人虽聪明，不学不知

jiàntóu suī lì, bú shè bù fā; rén suī cōngming, bù xué bùzhī

an arrowhead, however sharp, doesn't fly unless shot; a person, however clever, doesn't know without learning

老虎爬树,没学这一招

lǎohǔ pá shù,méi xué zhè yìzhāo

a tiger climbing a tree: never learned that trick

英文并不难学。

Yīngwén bìng bù nán xué.

English is not hard to learn.

英语对他来说是不容易学的。

Yīngyǔ duì tā lái shuō shì bù róngyì xué de.

English is not easy for him to learn.

英语并不难学。

Yīngyǔ bìng bù nán xué.

English is not difficult to learn.

英语很难学。

Yīngyǔ hěn nán xué.

English is difficult to learn.

英语是一种难学的语言。

Yīngyǔ shì yìzhǒng nán xué de yǔyán.

English is a hard language to learn.

试着学点英语吧。

Shìzhe xué diǎn Yīngyǔ ba.

Try to learn a little English.

语言一定要自学才会学得好。

Yǔyán yídìng yào zìxué cái huì xué de hǎo.

If you want to learn a language well, learn it yourself.

请把这首诗跟昨天学的那首比较一下。

Qǐng bǎ zhè shǒu shī gēn zuótiān xué de nà shǒu bǐjiào yíxià.

Please compare this poem to the one we studied yesterday.

贫不学俭，卑不学恭

pínbùxuéjiǎn, bēi bù xué gōng

the poor needn't learn thrift; the lowly needn't learn deference

这个字我一直学不会。

Zhège zì wǒ yìzhí xué búhuì.

I can never learn (remember) this character.

这么难的动作，小孩子学不会。

Zhème nán de dòngzuò, xiǎoháizi xué búhuì.

Children can't learn movements this difficult.

这位法国人想学中文。

Zhèwèi fǎguórén xiǎng xué Zhōngwén.

This French person wants to learn Chinese.

这本书适合学初等数学的孩子。

Zhè běn shū shìhé xué chūděng shùxué de háizi.

This book is suitable for children learning elementary math.

这门课我学起来很吃力。

Zhè mén kè wǒ xué qǐlai hěn chīlì.

I'm struggling a lot to learn this course.

那就是他们学英语的办法。

Nà jiùshì tāmen xué Yīngyǔ de bànfǎ.

That's how they learnt English.

那是学英语最好的方法。

Nà shì xué Yīngyǔ zuìhǎo de fāngfǎ.

That's the best approach to the study of English.

除了中文以外，他还学过德文。

Chúle Zhōngwén yǐwài, tā hái xué guò Déwén.

As well as Chinese, he's also studied German.

韩文不是很难学吗？

Hánwén bú shì hěn nán xué ma?

Isn't learning Hangul difficult?

韩语很难学，但韩文学起来很快。

Hányǔ hěn nán xué, dàn hán wénxué qǐlai hěn kuài.

Korean is difficult to learn, but Hangul can be learned quickly.

黄鸟儿画眉,跟西施学的

huáng niǎor huàméi,gēn xīshī xué de

the yellow bird that paints its brows learned from Xi Shi