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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

我是想吃海陆套餐没错，但是这个配龙虾的太贵了，我点不下去。

wǒ shì xiǎng chī hǎilù tàocān méicuò ，dànshì zhè ge pèi lóngxiā de tài guì le ，wǒ diǎn bù xiàqu 。

You're right, I do want to order the surf and turf set, but this one with the lobster is too expensive, I can't go through with it.

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决定好要点什么了吗？看得出来你想吃海陆套餐。

juédìng hǎo yào diǎn shénme le ma ？kàn de chūlái nǐ xiǎng chī hǎilù tàocān 。

Have you decided what you want to order yet? I can tell you want to order the surf and turf set.

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其实海陆套餐也没贵多少，那我就奢侈最后一次吧！

qíshí hǎilù tàocān yě méi guì duōshao ，nà wǒ jiù shēchǐ zuìhòu yīcì ba ！

Actually the surf and turf isn't that much more expensive, so I'll just have one last luxury!

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当然看到了，就在第一方阵，海陆空，三军仪仗队方阵，倒数三排都是女军人，还有白求恩医疗方阵也都是女军医们。

dāngrán kàndào le ，jiù zài dì yī fāngzhèn ，hǎilùkōng ，sānjūn yízhàngduì fāngzhèn ，dàoshǔ sān pái dōu shì nǚ jūnrén ，háiyǒu Báiqiúēn yīliáo fāngzhèn yě dōu shì nǚ jūnyī men 。

Of course I did, they were in the first formation, with the honor guard of the navy, the infantry and the air force, the third from last row was all female soldiers and the Norman Bethune Commemorative Medical Formation were also all female army doctors.

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