广 阔 guǎng kuò wide / vast 开 阔 kāi kuò wide / open (spaces) / to open up 宽 敞 kuān chang spacious / wide 大 dà big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / older (than) / oldest / eldest / greatly / very much / (dialect) father / father's elder or younger brother 宽 kuān wide / broad / loose / relaxed / lenient 瞪 dèng to open (one's eyes) wide / to stare at / to glare at 宽 大 kuān dà spacious / wide / lenient 宽 阔 kuān kuò expansive / wide / width / thickness 宽 广 kuān guǎng wide / broad / extensive / vast 广 guǎng wide / numerous / to spread 阔 kuò rich / wide / broad 绰 chuò generous / ample / wide / spacious / well-off / to grip 摦 huà wide / broad 宽 弘 kuān hóng magnanimous / generous / broad-minded / wide / resonant (voice) 宽 洪 kuān hóng magnanimous / generous / broad-minded / wide / resonant (voice) 摓 féng wide / to sew 广 泛 guǎng fàn extensive / wide range 大 片 dà piàn wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending widely / blockbuster movie 大 规 模 dà guī mó large scale / extensive / wide scale / broad scale 大 幅 度 dà fú dù by a wide margin / substantial 敞 开 chǎng kāi to open wide / unrestrictedly 大 开 dà kāi to open wide 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 广 角 guǎng jiǎo wide-angle / panoramic / fig. wide perspective / panorama 豁 然 开 朗 huò rán kāi lǎng suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom) / to come to a wide clearing / fig. everything becomes clear at once / to achieve speedy enlightenment 瞪 眼 dèng yǎn to open one's eyes wide / to stare / to glare (at sb) / to scowl 鸿 沟 hóng gōu (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 / and Han 漢|汉 佳 话 jiā huà story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide 广 域 网 guǎng yù wǎng wide area network / WAN 大 千 世 界 dà qiān shì jiè great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4]) 疏 离 shū lí to become alienated / estranged / alienation / disaffection / set wide apart 遥 遥 领 先 yáo yáo lǐng xiān a long way in front / to lead by a wide margin 遐 迩 xiá ěr near and far / far and wide 公 网 gōng wǎng (computing) public network / wide area network / Internet 豁 然 huò rán wide and open / a flash of understanding 纵 览 zòng lǎn panoramic view / wide survey 集 思 广 益 jí sī guǎng yì collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom) / to pool wisdom for mutual benefit / to profit from widespread suggestions 不 着 边 际 bù zhuó biān jì not to the point / wide of the mark / neither here nor there / irrelevant 名 扬 四 海 míng yáng sì hǎi to become known far and wide (idiom) / famous 远 扬 yuǎn yáng (fame) spreads far and wide 万 维 网 Wàn wéi wǎng World Wide Web (WWW) 洞 开 dòng kāi to be wide open 全 球 资 讯 网 quán qiú zī xùn wǎng world wide web / WWW 广 角 镜 头 guǎng jiǎo jìng tóu wide angle camera shot 深 广 shēn guǎng deep and wide / vast / profound (influence etc) 一 马 平 川 yī mǎ píng chuān flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom) / wide expanse of flat country 张 目 zhāng mù to open one's eyes wide 天 网 恢 恢 tiān wǎng huī huī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law 河 粉 hé fěn rice noodles in wide strips 臭 名 远 扬 chòu míng yuǎn yáng stinking reputation / notorious far and wide 博 闻 强 记 bó wén qiáng jì have wide learning and a retentive memory / have encyclopedic knowledge 大 鸣 大 放 dà míng dà fàng (idiom) to freely air one's views / to be heard far and wide / to attract a lot of attention 风 流 云 散 fēng liú yún sàn lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom) / fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives) 众 寡 悬 殊 zhòng guǎ xuán shū the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / unequally matched / overwhelmed by weight of numbers 敞 chǎng open to the view of all / spacious / to open wide / to disclose 侯 门 似 海 hóu mén sì hǎi lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea / there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom) 博 物 多 闻 bó wù duō wén wide and knowledgeable / well-informed and experienced 博 物 洽 闻 bó wù qià wén to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom) 大 张 声 势 dà zhāng shēng shì to spread one's voice wide (idiom) / wide publicity 见 钱 眼 开 jiàn qián yǎn kāi to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom) / thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing 道 山 学 海 dào shān xué hǎi mountain of Dao, sea of learning (idiom) / learning is as high as the mountains, as wide as the seas / ars longa, vita brevis 发 指 眦 裂 fà zhǐ zì liè hair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom) / enraged / in a towering rage 浪 迹 江 湖 làng jì jiāng hú to roam far and wide / to drift with the wind 阳 关 大 道 Yáng Guān dà dào (lit.) the road through Yangguan 陽關|阳关[Yang2 guan1] / (fig.) wide open road / bright future 浪 迹 天 涯 làng jì tiān yá to roam far and wide (idiom) / to travel the world 闻 名 遐 迩 wén míng xiá ěr to be famous far and wide (idiom) 山 海 经 Shān hǎi Jīng Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc 广 域 网 路 guǎng yù wǎng lù wide area network / WAN 万 维 天 罗 地 网 Wàn wéi Tiān luó Dì wǎng World Wide Web (WWW) / lit. ten-thousand dimensional net covering heaven and earth / term coined by China News Digest and abbr. to 萬維網|万维网[Wan4 wei2 wang3] 箊 yū bamboo with thin / wide leaves 徻 wèi a wide room 刷 磅 shuā bàng wide paintbrush 名 驰 遐 迩 míng chí xiá ěr To have one's fame spread far and wide. (idiom) 嗔 目 chēn mù glare / angry look / to open one's eyes wide / to stare angrily / to glare / to glower 天 地 悬 隔 tiān dì xuán gé lit. a gulf between heaven and earth / wide difference of opinion (idiom) 天 网 恢 恢 , 疏 而 不 失 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law 天 网 灰 灰 , 疏 而 不 漏 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu The net of heaven is wide, but no-one escapes. 宽 亮 kuān liàng wide and bright / without worries / deep and sonorous (voice) 宽 口 kuān kǒu wide mouth 宽 斧 kuān fǔ broadax / ax with a wide blade 广 泛 影 响 guǎng fàn yǐng xiǎng wide ranging influence 机 身 宽 大 jī shēn kuān dà wide body / wide-bodied (aircraft) 法 网 灰 灰 , 疏 而 不 漏 fǎ wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu The net of justice is wide, but no-one escapes. 狗 窦 大 开 gǒu dòu dà kāi dog hole wide open (idiom) / fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly) 血 盆 大 口 xuè pén dà kǒu bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom) / ferocious mouth of beast of prey / fig. greedy exploiter / rapacious aggressor 踏 破 铁 鞋 无 觅 处 , 得 来 全 不 费 工 夫 tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily 遐 布 xiá bù to spread far and wide 远 涉 yuǎn shè to cross (the wide ocean) 闪 眼 shǎn yǎn to dazzle / to blink at / to open one's eyes wide 开 敞 kāi chǎng wide open 高 旷 gāo kuàng high and wide 万 维 网 联 盟 wàn wéi wǎng lián méng World Wide Web Consortium 宽 屏 扩 展 图 形 阵 列 wide extended graphics array 国 民 账 户 世 界 交 换 中 心 National Accounts World Wide Exchange 世 界 航 运 警 报 处 World Wide Navigational Warning Service 广 域 差 分 增 强 系 统 Wide Area Augmentation System 广 域 网 股 guǎng yù wǎng gǔ Wide Area Network Unit 宽 视 场 照 相 机 Wide Field Camera 一 骑 绝 尘 yī qí jué chén (idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin / to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust 伯 纳 斯 ・ 李 Bó nà sī · Lǐ Sir Tim Berners-Lee (1955-), British computer scientist and co-creator of the World Wide Web