河清海晏
hé qīng hǎi yàn
Pinyin
Definition
河清海晏
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- the Yellow River is clear and the sea is calm
- the world is at peace (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一清二楚
- 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
一清二白
- 1 perfectly clean
- 2 blameless
- 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
一清如水
- 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
不到黄河心不死
- 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
- 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
- 3 to keep going while some hope is left
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)