海河
Hǎi hé
Pinyin
Definition
海河
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- Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
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)
侯门似海
- 1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
- 2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
信口开河
- 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
- 2 to blurt sth out
八仙过海,各显神通
- 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities