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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

有没有人对海鲜过敏？

yǒuméiyǒu rén duì hǎixiān guòmǐn ？

Is anyone allergic to seafood?

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没错，川菜已经很普及了，现在全国人民都能吃点辣了。很多家乡菜都是用当地特有的食材做的，沿海的地方家乡菜就以水产海鲜为主，靠山的地方就以家禽野味为主。

méicuò ，Chuāncài yǐjīng hěn pǔjí le ，xiànzài quánguó rénmín dōu néng chī diǎnr là le 。hěn duō jiāxiāng cài dōu shì yòng dāngdì tèyǒu de shícái zuò de ，yánhǎi de dìfang jiāxiāng cài jiù yǐ shuǐchǎn hǎixiān wéizhǔ ，kào shān de dìfang jiù yǐ jiāqín yěwèi wéizhǔ 。

Yes, Sichuanese food is already very common. Now people everywhere in China can eat a little bit of spice. Many local dishes use ingredients particular to the area. Places near the coast use seafood as their main ingredients, while places near the hills use poultry and game as their main ingredients.

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如果我想煮饭，超市就会把新鲜的食材送到我家，他们送的东西包括蔬菜、肉类、海鲜，只要你能想到的应有尽有。

rúguǒ wǒ xiǎng zhǔfàn ，chāoshì jiù huì bǎ xīnxiān de shícái sòng dào wǒ jiā ，tāmen sòng de dōngxi bāokuò shūcài 、ròulèi 、hǎixiān ，zhǐyào nǐ néng xiǎngdào de yīngyǒujìnyǒu 。

If I want to cook, the delivery people will deliver fresh groceries to my house. What they deliver includes vegetables, meat, seafood and anything you can think of.

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是没生病，可我也有忌口：坚果和海鲜我吃不了，牛奶也不能喝。

shì méi shēngbìng ，kě wǒ yě yǒu jìkǒu ：jiānguǒ hé hǎixiān wǒ chī bùliǎo ，niúnǎi yě bùnéng hē 。

I’m not I’ll but I have to abstain from nuts, seafood and I also cannot drink milk.

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有三个，一种是海鲜馅的；一种是芝士蘑菇馅的；还有一种是香肠馅的。

yǒu sān gè ，yīzhǒng shì hǎixiān xiànr de ；yīzhǒng shì zhīshì mógu xiànr de ；háiyǒu yīzhǒng shì xiāngcháng xiànr de 。

There are three. One is seafood, the other is cheese and mushroom and the third is sausage.

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就是长得很像乌贼的一种海鲜，比较小，常常跟葱、辣椒一起清炒。

jiùshì zhǎng de hěn xiàng wūzéi de yìzhǒng hǎixiān ，bǐjiào xiǎo ，chángcháng gēn cōng 、làjiāo yìqǐ qīngchǎo 。

They're a sea animal that resembles the cuttle fish, except they're smaller and they're often shallow fried with spring onion and hot peppers.

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我要吃肠粉，虾饺，菠萝包，还有海鲜粥。

wǒ yào chī chángfěn ，xiājiǎo ，bōluóbāo ，háiyǒu hǎixiānzhōu 。

I want to eat stuffed rice noodles, shrimp dumplings, pineapple buns and also seafood congee.

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那是。像我这种吃货，三天两头要吃川菜海鲜火锅的，吃这种粉的话，饿不死也早就馋死了。

nà shì 。xiàng wǒ zhèzhǒng chīhuò ，sāntiānliǎngtóu yào chī Chuāncài hǎixiān huǒguō de ，chī zhèzhǒng fěn dehuà ，è bù sǐ yě zǎo jiù chán sǐ le 。

That's it. For someone like me who really likes to eat Sichuan seafood hotpot every day, if I ate this kind of powder, I'd be annoyed by a lack of something to snack on instead of hunger.

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你生病了，医生一般不让你吃刺激的东西，像辣的，海鲜啊。

nǐ shēngbìng le ，yīshēng yībān bù ràng nǐ chī cìjī de dōngxi ，xiàng là de ，hǎixiān a 。

You're sick. Doctors often say you can't eat stimulating food like spicy food or seafood.

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烤牛排，海鲜，都很好吃，很正宗。

kǎo niúpái ，hǎixiān ，dōu hěn hǎochī ，hěn zhèngzōng 。

The grilled beef and seafood were both really tasty and very authentic.

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