洋
yáng
Pinyin

Definition

洋
 - 
yáng
  1. ocean
  2. vast
  3. foreign
  4. silver dollar or coin

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大洋
dà yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 (old) silver dollar
太平洋
Tài píng Yáng
  1. 1 Pacific Ocean
洋
yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 vast
  3. 3 foreign
  4. 4 silver dollar or coin
洋气
yáng qì
  1. 1 Western style
  2. 2 foreign flavor
  3. 3 trendy
  4. 4 fashionable
洋溢
yáng yì
  1. 1 brimming with
  2. 2 steeped in

Idioms (11)

喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
  1. 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
  1. 1 to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
望洋兴叹
wàng yáng xīng tàn
  1. 1 lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
  1. 1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

共同社报道，围绕农产品和工业制品等关税，特朗普否定日方视为谈判基础的跨太平洋伙伴关系协定内容，在强调两国“友好关系”的同时继续保持施压姿态。
Gòngtóngshè bàodào ，wéirào nóngchǎnpǐn hé gōngyèzhìpǐn děng guānshuì ，Tèlǎngpǔ fǒudìng Rìfāng shìwéi tánpàn jīchǔ de kuà TàipíngYáng huǒbànguānxì xiédìng nèiróng ，zài qiángdiào liǎng guó “yǒuhǎoguānxì ”de tóngshí jìxù bǎochí shīyā zītài 。
Kyodo News reported that regarding the tariffs on agricultural products and industrial products, Trump denied the content of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), which Japan considered as the basis for negotiations, and continued to put pressure while emphasizing the "friendly relations" between the two countries.
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到了，这就是有名的海洋世界啊。
dào le ，zhè jiùshì yǒumíng de hǎiyáng shìjiè ā 。
We're here, this is the famous Ocean World.
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中国唐宋元时期，陆上和海上丝绸之路同步发展，中国、意大利、摩洛哥的旅行家杜环马可波罗、伊本白图泰都在陆上和海上丝绸之路留下了历史印记。15世纪初的明代，中国著名航海家郑和七次远洋航海，留下千古佳话。
Zhōngguó Táng Sòng Yuán shíqī ，lùshàng hé hǎishàng SīchóuzhīLù tóngbù fāzhǎn ，Zhōngguó 、Yìdàlì 、Móluògē de lǚxíngjiā Dùhuán MǎkěBōluó 、Yīběnbáitútài dōu zài lùshàng hé hǎishàng SīchóuzhīLù liúxià le lìshǐ yìnjì 。15 shìjì chū de Míngdài ，Zhōngguó zhùmíng hánghǎijiā ZhèngHé qī cì yuǎnyáng hánghǎi ，liúxià qiāngǔjiāhuà 。
In China’s Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, during the synchronous development of the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road, Chinese, Italian and Moroccan explorers Du Huan, Marco Polo and Ibn Battut, all left traces in the history of the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road. During the Ming Dynasty at the start of the 15th Century, the famous Chinese navigator Zheng He went on seven distant voyages, leaving behind legendary tales.
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那场战争的战火遍及亚洲、欧洲、非洲、大洋洲，军队和民众伤亡超过一亿人，其中中国伤亡人数超过三千五百万，苏联死亡人数超过两千七百万。绝不让历史悲剧重演，是我们对当年为维护人类自由、正义、和平而牺牲的英灵，对惨遭屠杀的无辜亡灵的最好纪念。
nà chǎng zhànzhēng de zhànhuǒ biànjí Yàzhōu 、Ōuzhōu 、fēizhōu 、Dàyángzhōu ，jūnduì hé mínzhòng shāngwáng chāoguò yī yì rén ，qízhōng Zhōngguó shāngwáng rénshù chāoguò sānqiān wǔ bǎiwàn ，Sūlián sǐwáng rénshù chāoguò liǎng qiān qī bǎiwàn 。juébù ràng lìshǐ bēijù chóngyǎn ，shì wǒmen duì dāngnián wèi wéihù rénlèi zìyóu 、zhèngyì 、hépíng ér xīshēng de yīnglíng ，duì cǎnzāo túshā de wúgū wánglíng de zuì hǎo jìniàn 。
The fire of war spread over Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania and over 100 million soldiers and civilians were killed or injured, among which over 35 million Chinese were killed or injured, and over 27 million Soviets were killed or injured. Ensuring that we do our absolute best to prevent history from repeating itself by upholding the human freedom, justice and peace that these martyrs sacrificed their lives for, is the best way to remember the innocent departed souls who were massacred.
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说的没错，可惜现在年轻人啊都热衷于西洋的咖啡，静不下心来去体悟茶道和茶艺的美好。
shuō de méicuò ，kěxī xiànzài niánqīngrén ā dōu rèzhōngyú xīyáng de kāfēi ，jìng bùxià xīn lái qù tǐwù chádào hé cháyì de měihǎo 。
That's right, it's a pity that young people these days are so passionate about Western coffee, and can't calm down enough to experience the beauty of tea ceremonies and the art of tea.
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你这死脑筋，我订了东部海岸的饭店，面海第一排，看过去就是一望无际的太平洋，先确认一月一号的日出时间，破晓前就站上阳台，保准能迎接2016年的第一道阳光。
nǐ zhè sǐnǎojīn ，wǒ dìng le dōngbù hǎiàn de fàndiàn ，miànhǎi dì yīpái ，kàn guòqù jiùshì yīwàngwújì de tàipíng yáng ，xiān quèrèn yīyuè yī hào de rìchū shíjiān ，pòxiǎo qián jiù zhàn shàng yángtái ，bǎozhǔn néng yíngjiē 2016 nián de dì yī dào yángguāng 。
You nincompoop, I booked a hotel on the East coast, right on the shore front. Just looking out from there you can see the boundless Pacific. First we will confirm the time the sun comes up on January 1 and we can gather to stand on the balcony just before daybreak, to guarantee we'll be able to welcome in the first sun rays of 2016.
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她穿着一件蓝色的洋装。
tā chuān zhe yī jiàn lánsè de yángzhuāng 。
She is wearing a blue dress.
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美联社报道，博物馆动物学教授保罗·布库普等人二日晚多次进出博物馆，抢救软体动物等海洋生物标本。
MěiLiánshè bàodào ，bówùguǎn dòngwùxué jiàoshòu bǎoluóbùkùpǔ děngrén èrrì wǎn duōcì jìnchū bówùguǎn ，qiǎngjiù ruǎntǐdòngwù děng hǎiyáng shēngwù biāoběn 。
The Associated Press reported that the museum zoology professor Paul Bukup and others repeatedly went in and out of the museum on the second night to rescue marine animals such as mollusks.
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不够啊？那...再来，喜气洋洋、吉羊如意、有人”羊”你一辈子。
bùgòu ā ？nà ...zài lái ，xǐqì yángyáng 、jí yáng rúyì 、yǒurén ”yáng ”nǐ yībèizi 。
It's not enough? Then... I'll have another go, what about substituting the 「洋」 in the phrase 「喜气洋洋」, meaning “full of joy” for its homophone 「羊」, meaning goat, or 「羊」 instead of 「祥」 in the phrase 「吉祥如意」 to wish that someone is lucky and everything goes to plan for them, or what about substituting the「养」 in 「养你一辈子」, meaning “to look after you for life” for its homonym 「羊」 meaning goat.
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的确，除了都是尸体变成的以外,没有任何相似之处，其实说僵尸也不太准确，西洋的这种，正确的叫法应该是“活尸“。
díquè ，chúle dōu shì shītǐ biànchéng de yǐwài ,méiyǒu rènhé xiāngsìzhīchù ，qíshí shuō jiāngshī yě bù tài zhǔnquè ，xīyáng de zhèzhǒng ，zhèngquè de jiàofǎ yīnggāi shì “huóshī “。
Indeed, except for the fact that they both come from dead bodies, there are hardly any similarities, even using the word "jiangshi" isn't quite appropriate when referring to Western zombies, as it would be better to call them "huoshi" or living dead.
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