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Definition
- ocean
- sea
- great number of people or things
- (dialect) numerous
Related words (252)
hypo (loanword); sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3 used in fixing photos (formerly hyposulfite); wave (sea)
sea sand (sand collected from the ocean floor, as opposed to that which is used as an ingredient in concrete)
sponge (zoology); sponge (piece of absorbent material, either natural or made from plastic etc); foam rubber
direct, winner-takes-all system of election in use for village committees; pre-selection for a competition
house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand; see also 海砂
literary journal published in 1892-93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆 featuring serialized novels in classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular
see 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]
to go out to sea; to enter the sea (to swim etc); (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
ends of the earth; jumping-off place; remote regions; separated worlds apart; end of the sky and the corners of the sea; four corners of the earth; horizon
(bird species of China) Tristram's storm petrel (Oceanodroma tristrami)
Idioms (44)
(lit.) when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom); (fig.) forever; until the end of time
all rivers run into the sea; use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love; to swear by all the Gods
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas; the whole wide world; chatting about everything under the sun
the five lakes and the four seas (idiom); all parts of the country; everywhere; (from) all corners of the country; all the seas and lakes
(lit.) the gate of a noble house is like the sea; there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom); to feel at home anywhere; to roam about unconstrained; to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable; a panacea
sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn; ars longa, vita brevis
rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love; to swear by all the Gods
(lit.) to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering; (fig.) gigantic; of spectacular significance
(lit.) having crossed the vast ocean (idiom); (fig.) widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
(lit.) the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); (fig.) the transformations of the world
(lit.) a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love; to swear by all the Gods
the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant; condescending; supercilious
to cross the sea by a trick (idiom); to achieve one's aim by underhanded means
(lit.) to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom); (fig.) to elicit no response
green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade; loneliness of faithful widow
(lit.) overturning seas and rivers (idiom); (fig.) overwhelming; earth-shattering; in a spectacular mess
mountain of Dao, sea of learning (idiom); learning is as high as the mountains, as wide as the seas; ars longa, vita brevis
appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable; a panacea; applicable anywhere (idiom)
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