海市蜃楼
hǎi shì shèn lóu
Pinyin

Definition

海市蜃楼
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hǎi shì shèn lóu
  1. mirage (lit. or fig.)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 CL:座[zuò]
市区
shì qū
  1. 1 urban district
  2. 2 downtown
  3. 3 city center
市场
shì chǎng
  1. 1 marketplace
  2. 2 market (also in abstract)
市民
shì mín
  1. 1 city resident
海
Hǎi
  1. 1 surname Hai
超市
chāo shì
  1. 1 supermarket
  2. 2 abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā]
上市
shàng shì
  1. 1 to hit the market (of a new product)
  2. 2 to float (a company on the stock market)
上海市
Shàng hǎi shì
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪
上海话
Shàng hǎi huà
  1. 1 Shanghainese
  2. 2 Shanghai dialect
下海
xià hǎi
  1. 1 to go out to sea
  2. 2 to enter the sea (to swim etc)
  3. 3 (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
中南海
Zhōng nán hǎi
  1. 1 Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
五湖四海
wǔ hú sì hǎi
  1. 1 all parts of the country
人山人海
rén shān rén hǎi
  1. 1 multitude
  2. 2 vast crowd
人海
rén hǎi
  1. 1 a multitude
  2. 2 a sea of people
什刹海
shí chà hǎi
  1. 1 Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
佛山市
Fó shān shì
  1. 1 Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng]
出海
chū hǎi
  1. 1 to go out to sea
  2. 2 (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
利市
lì shì
  1. 1 business profit
  2. 2 auspicious
  3. 3 lucky
  4. 4 small sum of money offered on festive days
副市长
fù shì zhǎng
  1. 1 deputy mayor

Idioms (20)

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)
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)
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
名扬四海
míng yáng sì hǎi
  1. 1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
  2. 2 famous
四海升平
sì hǎi shēng píng
  1. 1 lit. all four oceans are peaceful
  2. 2 worldwide peace (idiom)
四海为家
sì hǎi wéi jiā
  1. 1 to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)
  2. 2 to feel at home anywhere
  3. 3 to roam about unconstrained
  4. 4 to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
四海皆准
sì hǎi jiē zhǔn
  1. 1 appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
  2. 2 a panacea
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
  1. 1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
大海捞针
dà hǎi lāo zhēn
  1. 1 lit. to fish a needle from the sea
  2. 2 to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
学海泛舟
xué hǎi fàn zhōu
  1. 1 sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
学海无涯
xué hǎi wú yá
  1. 1 sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn
  2. 2 ars longa, vita brevis
山珍海错
shān zhēn hǎi cuò
  1. 1 rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
山盟海誓
shān méng hǎi shì
  1. 1 to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love
  2. 2 to swear by all the Gods
山高海深
shān gāo hǎi shēn
  1. 1 high as the mountain and deep as the sea (idiom); fig. infinite bounty
恨海难填
hèn hǎi nán tián
  1. 1 sea of hatred is hard to fill (idiom); irreconcilable division
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
  1. 1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
排山倒海
pái shān dǎo hǎi
  1. 1 lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 fig. gigantic
  3. 3 of spectacular significance
扬名四海
yáng míng sì hǎi
  1. 1 known throughout the country (idiom); world-famous

Sample Sentences

你别做白日梦了！那肯定是海市蜃楼，你的幻觉罢了！我们走了三天三夜都没看到活的东西了，怎么可能会有房子？
nǐ bié zuò báirìmèng le ！nà kěndìng shì hǎishìshènlóu ，nǐ de huànjué bà le ！wǒmen zǒu le sān tiān sān yè dōu méi kàndào huó de dōngxi le ，zěnme kěnéng huì yǒu fángzi ？
Stop day-dreaming! That's definitely a mirage, nothing more than an illusion! We've walked for three days and three nights without seeing any living thing. How could there be a house?
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