大海
dà hǎi
Pinyin

Definition

大海
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dà hǎi
  1. sea
  2. ocean

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
Dà xué
  1. 1 the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū] in Confucianism
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
dà jiǎng
  1. 1 prize
  2. 2 award
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)
Dà yùn
  1. 1 Mandate of Heaven
  2. 2 the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
  3. 3 usually written 大運河|大运河[Dà Yùn hé]
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
Shàng hǎi shì
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪
Yà lì shān dà
  1. 1 Alexander (name)
  2. 2 Alexandria (town name)
Rén dà
  1. 1 (Chinese) National People's Congress (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huì])
  2. 2 Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhōng guó Rén mín Dà xué])
rén shān rén hǎi
  1. 1 multitude
  2. 2 vast crowd
rén hǎi
  1. 1 a multitude
  2. 2 a sea of people
wěi dà
  1. 1 huge
  2. 2 great
  3. 3 grand
  4. 4 worthy of the greatest admiration
  5. 5 important (contribution etc)
guāng míng zhèng dà
  1. 1 (of a person) honorable
  2. 2 not devious
  3. 3 (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard
  4. 4 without tricks
  5. 5 openly
  6. 6 (of a situation) out in the open
chū hǎi
  1. 1 to go out to sea
  2. 2 (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
liú hǎi
  1. 1 bangs
  2. 2 fringe (hair)
jiā dà
  1. 1 to increase (e.g. one's effort)
Jiā ná dà
  1. 1 Canada
  2. 2 Canadian

Idioms (20)

不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
  1. 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
人不可貌相,海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
  1. 1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
  2. 2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
八仙过海,各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
  1. 1 to face opprobrium (idiom)
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
吃大锅饭
chī dà guō fàn
  1. 1 lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
  1. 1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
名扬四海
míng yáng sì hǎi
  1. 1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
  2. 2 famous
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
  1. 1 nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
  2. 2 no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
  3. 3 the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
  4. 4 nothing is more wretched than apathy
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
嚎啕大哭
háo táo dà kū
  1. 1 to wail
  2. 2 to bawl (idiom)
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
  1. 1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
  2. 2 this world is an illusion
四海升平
sì hǎi shēng píng
  1. 1 lit. all four oceans are peaceful
  2. 2 worldwide peace (idiom)
四海为家
sì hǎi wéi jiā
  1. 1 to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)
  2. 2 to feel at home anywhere
  3. 3 to roam about unconstrained
  4. 4 to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
四海皆准
sì hǎi jiē zhǔn
  1. 1 appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
  2. 2 a panacea
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
  1. 1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我要唱《大海》,帮我点一下。
wǒ yào chàng 《Dàhǎi 》,bāng wǒ diǎn yīxià 。
I want to sing ''Ocean." Help me order it.
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我不知道他们给了我多少日子,但我的手确乎是渐渐空虚了。在默默里算着,八千多日子已经从我手中溜去,像针尖上一滴水滴在大海里,我的日子滴在时间的流里,没有声音,也没有影子。我不禁汗涔涔而泪潸潸了。
wǒ bù zhīdào tāmen gěi le wǒ duōshao rìzi ,dàn wǒ de shǒu quèhū shì jiànjiàn kōngxū le 。zài mòmò lǐ suàn zhe ,bā qiān duō rìzi yǐjīng cóng wǒ shǒuzhōng liū qù ,xiàng zhēnjiān shàng yī dī shuǐ dī zài Dàhǎi lǐ ,wǒ de rìzi dī zài shíjiān de liú lǐ ,méiyǒu shēngyīn ,yěméiyǒu yǐngzi 。wǒ bùjīn hàncéncén ér lèishānshān le 。
I don't know how many days I am entitled to altogether, but my quota of them is undoubtedly wearing away. Counting up silently, I find that more than 8,000 days have already slipped away through my fingers. Like a drop of water falling off a needle point into the ocean, my days are quietly dripping into the stream of time without leaving a trace. At the thought of this, sweat oozes from my forehead and tears trickle down my cheeks.
蓝色表示大海。
lánsè biǎoshì dàhǎi 。
Blue represents the ocean.
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大海
dàhǎi
Ocean.
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我指着大海的方向。
wǒ zhǐ zhe dàhǎi de fāngxiàng 。
I pointed in the direction of the ocean.
听听大海的誓言,看看执着的蓝天,
tīng ting dàhǎi de shìyán ,kàn kan zhízhuó de lántiān ,
Hearing the vows of the ocean, seeing the unwavering blue sky
想带你一起看大海说声我爱你,
xiǎng dài nǐ yīqǐ kàn Dàhǎi shuōshēng wǒ ài nǐ ,
I want to take you to see the ocean saying I love you
我第一次看见大海的时候,我非常地兴奋。
wǒ dì yī cì kànjiàn dàhǎi de shíhou ,wǒ fēicháng de xīngfèn 。
The first time I saw the ocean, I was very excited.
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大海,我来了!你听到了吗?
Dàhǎi ,wǒ lái le !nǐ tīngdào le ma ?
The ocean! I'm here! Can you hear me?
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我悻悻地回到寝室,心里想,要在那么多人里找寻一个背影,真的像大海捞针一样。或许,桃花运真的还没来......
wǒ xìngxìng de huí dào qǐnshì ,xīnli xiǎng ,yào zài nàme duō rén lǐ zhǎoxún yī ge bèiyǐng ,zhēnde xiàng dàhǎi lāo zhēn yīyàng 。huòxǔ ,táohuā yùn zhēnde hái méi lái ......
Resentfully, I went back to my dormitory. I thought to myself that searching for this vision of a girl in such a sea of people really was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Perhaps my lucky chance hadn't come after all...