大海
dà hǎi
Pinyin

Definition

大海
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dà hǎi
  1. sea
  2. ocean

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
大
dà
  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
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
大学
Dà xué
  1. 1 the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū] in Confucianism
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert

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)

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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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...
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