琼州海峡 (瓊州海峽)
Qióng zhōu Hǎi xiá
Pinyin
Definition
琼州海峡 (瓊州海峽)
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- Qiongzhou Strait (between Hainan Island and mainland China)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
人不可貌相,海水不可斗量
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
- 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
名扬四海
- 1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
- 2 famous