海待
hǎi dài
Pinyin

Definition

海待
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hǎi dài
  1. student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海帶|海带[hǎi dài])
  2. cf. 海歸|海归[hǎi guī]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
对待
duì dài
  1. 1 to treat
  2. 2 treatment
待
dāi
  1. 1 to stay
期待
qī dài
  1. 1 to look forward to
  2. 2 to await
  3. 3 expectation
海
Hǎi
  1. 1 surname Hai
等待
děng dài
  1. 1 to wait
  2. 2 to wait for
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
交待
jiāo dài
  1. 1 variant of 交代[jiāo dài]
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
出海
chū hǎi
  1. 1 to go out to sea
  2. 2 (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
刘海
liú hǎi
  1. 1 bangs
  2. 2 fringe (hair)
加勒比海
Jiā lè bǐ Hǎi
  1. 1 Caribbean Sea
北海
Běi hǎi
  1. 1 Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City
  2. 2 the North Sea (Europe)
  3. 3 Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi
  4. 4 Bohai Sea
  5. 5 Lake Baikal
北海道
Běi hǎi dào
  1. 1 Hokkaidō, Japan
南海
Nán Hǎi
  1. 1 South China Sea
南海区
Nán hǎi qū
  1. 1 Nanhai district of Foshan city 佛山市[Fó shān shì], Guangdong
善待
shàn dài
  1. 1 to treat well
地中海
Dì zhōng Hǎi
  1. 1 Mediterranean Sea

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)
以礼相待
yǐ lǐ xiāng dài
  1. 1 to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
以逸待劳
yǐ yì dài láo
  1. 1 to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
  2. 2 to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (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)
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
严以责己宽以待人
yán yǐ zé jǐ kuān yǐ dài rén
  1. 1 to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
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)
坐以待毙
zuò yǐ dài bì
  1. 1 to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
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
守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù
  1. 1 lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
  2. 2 to wait idly for opportunities
  3. 3 to trust to chance rather than show initiative
守株待兔，缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
宽以待人
kuān yǐ dài rén
  1. 1 to be lenient with others (idiom)
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

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