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1 Hainan Province, in the South China Sea, short name 瓊|琼[Qióng], capital Haikou 海口
2 Hainan Island
3 Hainan District of Wuhai City 烏海市|乌海市[Wū hǎi Shì], Inner Mongolia
4 Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hǎi nán Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

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 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 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)

八仙过海，各显神通

Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng

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

刀山火海

dāo shān huǒ hǎi

1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)

名扬四海

míng yáng sì hǎi

1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
2 famous

Sample Sentences

我想那时候更疯狂。各色人物都来上海滩谋生。洋人在租界大兴土木，马路上黄包车、电车四处冲，黑帮流氓到处厮杀。你想想那场面！

wǒ xiǎng nà shíhou gèng fēngkuáng 。 gèsè rénwù dōu lái Shànghǎi tān móushēng 。yángrén zài zūjiè dàxīngtǔmù ，mǎlù shàng huángbāochē 、diànchē sìchù chōng ，hēibāng liúmáng dàochù sīshā 。 nǐ xiǎng xiang nà chǎngmiàn ！

I think it was even crazier back then. All kinds of characters came to seek their fortune in Shanghai. Foreigners built all kinds of stuff in the Concessions, and there were rickshaws on the roads, and streetcars rushing all over the place. Underworld thugs were killing people right and left. Imagine that!

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多了去了。先和你说说澳大利亚的啊：悉尼除了有歌剧院，还有海滩。昆士兰有黄金海岸，有很多主题公园，比如华纳兄弟影城什么的。哦，还有大堡礁，还有……

duōleqùle 。xiān hé nǐ shuō shuo Àodàlìyà de ā ：Xīní chúle yǒu gējùyuàn ，háiyǒu hǎitān 。kūnshìlán yǒu huángjīnhǎiàn ，yǒu hěn duō zhǔtí gōngyuán ，bǐrú huánàxiōngdìyǐngchéng shénme de 。ò ，háiyǒu dàbǎojiāo ，háiyǒu ……

There's so many. Well first let me tell you about Australia: As well as the opera house, Sydney also has beaches. On the Gold Coast in Queensland there are lots of theme parks, like Warner Bros. Movie World among others. Oh, and there's the Great Barrier Reef, and...

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我发现中国人好像特别怕晒黑。前几天我看新闻，说青岛海滩上很多女人戴着面罩防晒，看起来好吓人！

wǒ fāxiàn Zhōngguórén hǎoxiàng tèbié pà shàihēi 。qiánjǐtiān wǒ kàn xīnwén ，shuō Qīngdǎo hǎitān shàng hěn duō nǚrén dài zhe miànzhào fángshài ，kàn qǐlái hǎo xiàrén ！

I've found that Chinese people really seem to hate getting tan. I saw in the news the last few days that in Qingdao there are a lot of women wearing face masks to block the sun. They look terrifying!

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难怪女人都喜欢白，怕晒黑。别说海滩了，你看大街上，骑自行车的，走路的，哪一个不是全副武装？

nánguài nǚrén dōu xǐhuan bái ，pà shàihēi 。bié shuō hǎitān le ，nǐ kàn dàjiē shang ，qí zìxíngchē de ，zǒu lù de ，nǎ yī ge bùshì quánfù wǔzhuāng ？

No wonder women all love white skin and fear getting tan. It's not just at the beach. Look at the people on the street, riding bikes, walking; which of them aren't completely outfitted to protect against the sun?

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这里的海滩真不错，沙子又软又细。

zhèlǐ de hǎitān zhēn bùcuò ，shāzi yòu ruǎn yòu xì 。

The beach here is really quite nice. The sand is both soft and fine.

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听说那里的海滩很漂亮，浪很高。

tīngshuō nàli de hǎitān hěn piàoliang ，làng hěn gāo 。

I hear the beaches there are very pretty, and the waves are huge.

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的确比较简单，不过习惯了就好了。而且每天能呼吸新鲜的空气，享受阳光、海滩，多舒服啊��

díquè bǐjiào jiǎndān ，bùguò xíguàn le jiù hǎo le 。érqiě měitiān néng hūxī xīnxiān de kōngqì ，xiǎngshòu yángguāng 、hǎitān ，duō shūfu a ！

Certainly it's a simpler place, but you just have to get used to it, and it's fine. Plus every day you can breathe fresh air, enjoy the sun and beach... it's so comfortable!

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