鸿沟 (鴻溝)
hóng gōu
Pinyin

Definition

鸿沟 (鴻溝)
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hóng gōu
  1. (fig.) gulf
  2. chasm
  3. wide gap
  4. (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢|汉

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

沟
gōu
  1. 1 ditch
  2. 2 gutter
  3. 3 groove
  4. 4 gully
  5. 5 ravine
  6. 6 classifier: 道 dào
沟通
gōu tōng
  1. 1 to join
  2. 2 to connect
  3. 3 to link up
  4. 4 to communicate
鸿运
hóng yùn
九寨沟
Jiǔ zhài gōu
  1. 1 Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan
  2. 2 Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
乳沟
rǔ gōu
  1. 1 cleavage (hollow between a woman's breasts)

Idioms (9)

来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn
  1. 1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
哀鸿遍野
āi hóng biàn yě
  1. 1 lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
  2. 2 starving people fill the land
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì
  1. 1 lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì
  1. 1 lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
轻于鸿毛
qīng yú hóng máo
  1. 1 light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling
  2. 2 unimportant

Sample Sentences

嗨，别难过呀，虽然你一无是处，可是至少你对自己的判断是对的呀！你努力一下也挺好的，你只有努力了，才会发现智商的鸿沟是无法逾越的。
hāi ，bié nánguò ya ，suīrán nǐ yīwúshìchù ，kěshì zhìshǎo nǐ duì zìjǐ de pànduàn shì duì de ya ！nǐ nǔlì yīxià yě tǐng hǎo de ，nǐ zhǐyǒu nǔlì le ，cái huì fāxiàn zhìshāng de hónggōu shì wúfǎ yúyuè de 。
Hey, don't be upset, although you're wrong on every point. At least your judgement of yourself is on the money! It's also good that you're working hard. It's only if you work hard that you'll discover that the IQ gap can't be overcome.
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最大的挑战来自互联网领域发展不平衡、治理规则不健全、秩序不合理等问题日益凸显，信息鸿沟不断拉大，网络犯罪、网络攻击、网络恐怖主义活动等成为公害。
zuìdà de tiǎozhàn láizì hùliánwǎng lǐngyù fāzhǎn bùpínghéng 、zhìlǐ guīzé bù jiànquán 、zhìxù bù hélǐ děng wèntí rìyì tūxiǎn ，xìnxī hónggōu bùduàn lā dà ，wǎngluò fànzuì 、wǎngluò gōngjī 、wǎngluò kǒngbùzhǔyì huódòng děng chéngwéi gōnghài 。
The biggest challenge comes from the ever more obvious uneven development, incomplete regulation, and lack of order in the internet sector, the information gap is getting ever wider, cyber crime, cyber attacks and cyber terrorism have become public nuisances.
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