Learning & Wisdom
博學多識
박학다식
bó xué duō shí
Bak-hak-da-sik
博
넓을 박
學
배울 학
多
많을 다
識
알 식
Character by character
Meaning
Widely learned and knowing much.
Origin
Bak-hak — broad learning — appears as the first of the five stages of study in the Doctrine of the Mean.
How it is used
Praise for someone knowledgeable across fields.
Hanja博學多識
Simplified博学多识
Korean reading박학다식
Pinyinbó xué duō shí
Frequently asked questions
Q. What does Bak-hak-da-sik mean?
博學多識 · Widely learned and knowing much.
Q. Where does Bak-hak-da-sik come from?
Bak-hak — broad learning — appears as the first of the five stages of study in the Doctrine of the Mean.
Q. How is Bak-hak-da-sik used?
Praise for someone knowledgeable across fields.
Idioms in the same group
刮目相對 Gwal-mok-sang-daeRub your eyes and look again — someone’s ability has grown astonishingly.敎學相長 Gyo-hak-sang-jangTeaching and learning grow each other.多多益善 Da-da-ik-seonThe more, the better.聞一知十 Mun-il-ji-sipHear one thing and know ten — exceptional quickness of mind.格物致知 Gyeong-mul-chi-jiInvestigate things to reach knowledge.學而時習 Hak-i-si-seupLearn, and practise it in due time.
The idioms used in Korea mix phrases from the Chinese classics with ones coined in Korea. Where an expression is not used in China, the entry says so.