海誓山盟
hǎi shì shān méng
Pinyin

Definition

海誓山盟
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hǎi shì shān méng
  1. to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love
  2. to swear by all the Gods

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
中山
Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
冰山
bīng shān
  1. 1 iceberg
  2. 2 classifier: 座 zuò
刘海
liú hǎi
  1. 1 bangs
  2. 2 fringe (hair)
唐山
Táng shān
  1. 1 Tangshan prefecture level city in Hebei

Idioms (20)

一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
不识泰山
bù shí Tài Shān
  1. 1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
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)
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively

Sample Sentences

然而，就在我们交往的第三个月，高捷在校门口遇上了车祸。手术过后，当医生慢慢地揭开她头上的纱布时，我惊呆了。高捷的脸上布满了疤痕，而且还没有下巴。我无法适应从美梦到噩梦的突然转变，夺门而出。她的容貌使我不敢再靠近，然而之前的海誓山盟却在我脑中久久回荡。矛盾的心情开始了对我的折磨。
ránér ，jiù zài wǒmen jiāowǎng de dì sān ge yuè ，Gāo Jié zài xiàomén kǒu yùshàng le chēhuò 。shǒushù guòhòu ，dāng yīshēng mànmàn de jiēkāi tā tóu shàng de shābù shí ，wǒ jīngdāi le 。Gāo Jié de liǎn shàng bùmǎn le bāhén ，érqiě hái méiyǒu xiàba 。wǒ wúfǎ shìyìng cóng měimèng dào èmèng de tūrán zhuǎnbiàn ，duóménérchū 。tā de róngmào shǐ wǒ bùgǎn zài kàojìn ，ránér zhīqián de hǎishìshānméng què zài wǒ nǎo zhōng jiǔjiǔ huídàng 。máodùn de xīnqíng kāishǐ le duì wǒ de zhémó 。
However, during the third month of us knowing each other, GaoJie was involved in a traffic accident at the school gate. After she had surgery, and when the doctor revealed her head from under the gauze, I was stunned. Gaojie's face was covered entirely in scare tissue and she no longer had a chin. I couldn't reconcile this sudden transformation of my sweet dreams of her, to this nightmare. I pushed open the door and ran out. Her appearance made it impossible for me to be near her. Even so, the sound of my pledge of my undying love to her continued to reverberate in my head. A mood of uncertainty began to torment me.
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