1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]

1 bangs

2 fringe (hair)

1 sea

2 ocean

1 ark

1 surname Hai

1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)

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)

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

1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames

2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)

1 lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances