1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
名扬四海
míng yáng sì hǎi
1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
2 famous
四海升平
sì hǎi shēng píng
1 lit. all four oceans are peaceful
2 worldwide peace (idiom)
四海为家
sì hǎi wéi jiā
1 to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)
2 to feel at home anywhere
3 to roam about unconstrained
4 to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
四海皆准
sì hǎi jiē zhǔn
1 appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
2 a panacea
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
大海捞针
dà hǎi lāo zhēn
1 lit. to fish a needle from the sea
2 to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
学海泛舟
xué hǎi fàn zhōu
1 sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
学海无涯
xué hǎi wú yá
1 sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn
2 ars longa, vita brevis
山珍海错
shān zhēn hǎi cuò
1 rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
山盟海誓
shān méng hǎi shì
1 to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love
2 to swear by all the Gods
山高海深
shān gāo hǎi shēn
1 high as the mountain and deep as the sea (idiom); fig. infinite bounty
恨海难填
hèn hǎi nán tián
1 sea of hatred is hard to fill (idiom); irreconcilable division
排山倒海
pái shān dǎo hǎi
1 lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
2 fig. gigantic
3 of spectacular significance
扬名四海
yáng míng sì hǎi
1 known throughout the country (idiom); world-famous
放之四海而皆准
fàng zhī sì hǎi ér jiē zhǔn
1 appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
2 a panacea
放之四海而皆准
fàng zhī sì hǎi ér jiē zhǔn
1 applicable anywhere (idiom)
Sample Sentences
海淘？我听是听过，不过没试过。会不会更麻烦啊？我英文又不好，等下费了好大劲儿还买错了东西。
Hǎitáo ？wǒ tīng shì tīng guo ，bùguò méi shì guo 。huìbùhuì gèng máfan a ？wǒ Yīngwén yòu bù hǎo ，děngxià fèi le hǎo dà jinr hái mǎi cuò le dōngxi 。
Buy things from abroad online? I've heard of that but I've never tried it. Won't that be even more of a hassle? My English isn't so good; I'll just spend a lot of time and effort buying the wrong thing.