吾生也有涯，而知也无涯

Life is short, learning is limitless / Ars longa, vita brevis

surname Wu

I / my (old)

(old) I; my

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]

to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)

border / horizon / shore

and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)

to know / to be aware

not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less