大 海 dà hǎi sea / ocean 海 ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous 溟 to drizzle / sea 海 南 Hǎi nán Hainan Province, in the South China Sea, short name 瓊|琼[Qiong2], capital Haikou 海口[Hai3 kou3] / Hainan Island / Hainan District of Wuhai City 烏海市|乌海市[Wu1 hai3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia / Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai 南 海 Nán Hǎi South China Sea 东 海 Dōng Hǎi East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) 北 海 Běi hǎi Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City / the North Sea (Europe) / Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi / Bohai Sea / Lake Baikal 海 拔 hǎi bá height above sea level / elevation 水 产 shuǐ chǎn aquatic / produced in sea, rivers or lakes 海 域 hǎi yù sea area / territorial waters / maritime space 海 面 hǎi miàn sea level / sea surface 滨 海 bīn hǎi coastal / bordering the sea 海 风 hǎi fēng sea breeze / sea wind (i.e. from the sea) 人 海 rén hǎi a multitude / a sea of people 海 运 hǎi yùn shipping by sea 深 海 shēn hǎi deep sea 出 海 chū hǎi to go out to sea / (neologism) to expand into overseas markets 海 浪 hǎi làng sea wave 地 中 海 Dì zhōng Hǎi Mediterranean Sea 海 阔 天 空 hǎi kuò tiān kōng wide sea and sky (idiom) / boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun 渤 海 Bó Hǎi Bohai Sea, or Bo Hai, between Liaoning and Shandong / Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia 698-926 颠 簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience 下 海 xià hǎi 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) 临 海 lín hǎi to overlook the sea / on the waterfront 人 鱼 rén yú mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander 水 仙 shuǐ xiān narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return 水 浒 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore 风 浪 fēng làng wind and waves / stormy sea 黄 海 Huáng Hǎi Yellow Sea 先 河 xiān hé priority / sth advocated first / refers to ancient tradition: Worship the river first, then the sea. 航 程 háng chéng flight / passage / sea or air distance 海 事 hǎi shì maritime affairs / accident at sea 海 景 hǎi jǐng seascape / sea view 辽 东 Liáo dōng Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 / and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 水 陆 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea 水 边 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) 海 马 hǎi mǎ sea horse / hippocampus 东 瀛 Dōng yíng East China Sea / Japan 海 盐 Hǎi yán sea salt 苦 海 kǔ hǎi lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery 波 涛 汹 涌 bō tāo xiōng yǒng waves surging forth / roaring sea 龙 宫 lóng gōng palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea 通 航 tōng háng connected by air, sea traffic or service 海 参 hǎi shēn sea cucumber 远 航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight 葬 身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) 海 螺 hǎi luó sea snail / whelk / conch 海 南 岛 Hǎi nán Dǎo Hainan Island in South China Sea 海 王 Hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player 学 海 xué hǎi sea of learning / erudite / knowledgeable person / scholarship 海 星 hǎi xīng starfish / sea star 海 狮 hǎi shī sea lion 沧 海 桑 田 cāng hǎi sāng tián lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world 西 海 Xī Hǎi Yellow Sea (Korean term) 加 勒 比 海 Jiā lè bǐ Hǎi Caribbean Sea 妈 祖 Mā zǔ Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia 海 产 hǎi chǎn marine / produced in sea 海 平 面 hǎi píng miàn sea level 独 岛 Dú dǎo Dokdo (Japanese Takeshima 竹島|竹岛[Zhu2 dao3]), disputed islands in Sea of Japan 外 海 wài hǎi offshore / open sea 死 海 Sǐ Hǎi the Dead Sea 黑 海 Hēi Hǎi Black Sea 日 本 海 Rì běn Hǎi Sea of Japan 波 罗 的 海 Bō luó dì Hǎi Baltic Sea 海 陆 空 hǎi lù kòng sea land air (transport, or military operations) 瞒 天 过 海 mán tiān guò hǎi to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means 飒 飒 sà sà soughing / whistling or rushing sound (of the wind in trees, the sea etc) 海 陆 hǎi lù sea and land / ocean and continent / army and navy 石 沉 大 海 shí chén dà hǎi lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response 海 难 hǎi nàn perils of the sea 里 海 Lǐ Hǎi Caspian Sea 船 运 chuán yùn sea freight / shipping 公 海 gōng hǎi high sea / international waters 浩 如 烟 海 hào rú yān hǎi vast as the open sea (idiom) / fig. extensive (library) 大 海 捞 针 dà hǎi lāo zhēn lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom) 中 国 海 Zhōng guó Hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) 浅 海 qiǎn hǎi shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep 海 胆 hǎi dǎn sea urchin 瀛 洲 Yíng zhōu Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality 航 次 háng cì air or sea voyage (seen as an individual, countable item) / flight / voyage / CL:個|个[ge4] 内 海 nèi hǎi enclosed sea 西 沙 群 岛 Xī shā Qún dǎo Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea 竹 岛 Zhú dǎo Takeshima (Korean Dokdo 獨島|独岛[Du2 dao3]), disputed islands in Sea of Japan 海 葵 hǎi kuí sea anemone 海 运 费 hǎi yùn fèi shipping / sea transport 试 航 shì háng test flight (of aircraft) / sea trial (of ship) 泥 牛 入 海 ní niú rù hǎi lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom) / fig. to disappear with no hope of returning 刘 公 岛 Liú gōng Dǎo Liugong island in the Yellow sea 海 冰 hǎi bīng sea ice 蛇 岛 Shé dǎo Shedao or Snake island in Bohai sea 渤海 / off Lüshun 旅順|旅顺 / on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula, small rocky island famous for snakes 罗 斯 托 夫 Luó sī tuō fū Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close to Sea of Azov (north of the Black Sea) 海 禁 hǎi jìn prohibition on entering or leaving by sea 李 舜 臣 Lǐ Shùn chén Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders 文 山 会 海 wén shān huì hǎi a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom) 腓 尼 基 féi ní jī Phoenicia, ancient civilization along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea 内 陆 河 nèi lù hé inland river / river draining to inland sea 亚 得 里 亚 海 Yà dé lǐ yà Hǎi Adriatic Sea 海 百 合 hǎi bǎi hé sea lily / crinoid 咸 海 Xián Hǎi Aral Sea 渤 Bó same as 渤海[Bo2 Hai3], Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong / Gulf of Zhili or Chihli
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