海市蜃楼 (海市蜃樓)
hǎi shì shèn lóu
Pinyin

Definition

海市蜃楼 (海市蜃樓)
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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 classifier: 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

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)

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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