侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
Pinyin

Definition

侯门似海
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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)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
似
shì
  1. 1 see 似的[shì de]
似乎
sì hū
  1. 1 apparently
  2. 2 to seem
  3. 3 to appear
  4. 4 as if
  5. 5 seemingly
大海
dà hǎi
  1. 1 sea
  2. 2 ocean
好似
hǎo sì
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 to be like
海
Hǎi
  1. 1 surname Hai
海南
Hǎi nán
  1. 1 Hainan Province, in the South China Sea, short name 瓊|琼[Qióng], capital Haikou 海口
  2. 2 Hainan Island
  3. 3 Hainan District of Wuhai City 烏海市|乌海市[Wū hǎi Shì], Inner Mongolia
  4. 4 Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hǎi nán Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
海洋
hǎi yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
海量
hǎi liàng
  1. 1 huge volume
海鲜
hǎi xiān
  1. 1 seafood
貌似
mào sì
  1. 1 to appear to be
  2. 2 to seem as if
上海市
Shàng hǎi shì
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪
上海话
Shàng hǎi huà
  1. 1 Shanghainese
  2. 2 Shanghai dialect
下海
xià hǎi
  1. 1 to go out to sea
  2. 2 to enter the sea (to swim etc)
  3. 3 (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
中南海
Zhōng nán hǎi
  1. 1 Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
人山人海
rén shān rén hǎi
  1. 1 multitude
  2. 2 vast crowd
人海
rén hǎi
  1. 1 a multitude
  2. 2 a sea of people
什刹海
shí chà hǎi
  1. 1 Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
似的
shì de
  1. 1 seems as if
  2. 2 rather like
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [sì de]
侯
Hóu
  1. 1 surname Hou

Idioms (20)

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)
似是而非
sì shì ér fēi
  1. 1 apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)
似笑非笑
sì xiào fēi xiào
  1. 1 like a smile yet not a smile (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)
光阴似箭
guāng yīn sì jiàn
  1. 1 time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
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
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
  1. 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
  2. 2 history is written by the victors
名扬四海
míng yáng sì hǎi
  1. 1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
  2. 2 famous
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)
大奸似忠
dà jiān sì zhōng
  1. 1 the most treacherous person appears the most guileless (idiom)
大海捞针
dà hǎi lāo zhēn
  1. 1 lit. to fish a needle from the sea
  2. 2 to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
如花似玉
rú huā sì yù
  1. 1 delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a woman) exquisite
如金似玉
rú jīn sì yù
  1. 1 like gold or jade (idiom)
  2. 2 gorgeous
  3. 3 lovely
  4. 4 splendorous
如饥似渴
rú jī sì kě
  1. 1 to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly
  2. 2 to long for sth
学海泛舟
xué hǎi fàn zhōu
  1. 1 sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)

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