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English
Verb
live and learn (third-person singular simple present lives and learns, present participle living and learning, simple past and past participle lived and learned or lived and learnt)
- An exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences. Commonly used after a misfortune to indicate a moral lesson.
Translations
exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences
- Albanian: sa të rrosh, do të mësosh
- Catalan: ningú no neix ensenyat
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 活到老,學到老 / 活到老,学到老 (zh) (huó dào lǎo, xué dào lǎo), 學無止境 / 学无止境 (zh) (xuéwúzhǐjìng), 吃一塹長一智 / 吃一堑长一智 (chīyīqiàn zhǎngyīzhì)
- Finnish: oppia ikä kaikki
- French: c’est comme ça qu’on apprend, ça t’apprendra, ça te servira de leçon
- German: man lernt nie aus (de)
- Hungarian: mindig tanul az ember (hu), holtig tanul az ember, jó pap holtig tanul
- Ingrian: ikä elä, ikä opi, hullunna koolet
- Irish: tagann ciall le haois
- Italian: vivendo s'impara
- Polish: człowiek uczy się przez całe życie
- Portuguese: vivendo e aprendendo
- Russian: век живи́ — век учи́сь (ru) (vek živí — vek učísʹ)
- Spanish: ninguno escarmienta en cabeza ajena, nadie nace aprendido, nadie nace sabiendo, errando se aprende a herrar (dated)
- Swedish: man lär så länge man lever
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