海纳百川 Chinese English dictionary 海纳百川 translate 海纳百川 pinyin

海纳百川

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
海纳百川 hǎinàbǎichuān	海纳百川 \| 海纳百川* \| *海纳百川	all rivers run into the sea / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)	海納百川

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
海	海 \| 海* \| *海	10画水氵氺 + 7	hǎi	sea, ocean; maritime	hoi2	3815.7 EOWY


纳	纳 \| 纳* \| *纳	7画纟 + 4	nà	admit, take, receive, accept	naap6	納 2412 VMOB


百	百 \| 百* \| *百	6画白 + 1	bǎi, bó, mò	one hundred; numerous, many	baak3	1060.0 MA


川	川 \| 川* \| *川	3画巛川 + 0	chuān	stream, river; flow; boil	cyun1	2200.0 LLL

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Simplified		English Definition
海纳百川 hǎinàbǎichuān	海纳百川 \| 海纳百川* \| *海纳百川	all rivers run into the sea / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)


海 Hǎi	海 \| 海* \| *海	surname Hai


海 hǎi	海 \| 海* \| *海	ocean / sea / CL: 個｜个, 片 / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous


纳　Nà	纳 \| 纳* \| *纳	surname Na


纳　nà	纳 \| 纳* \| *纳	to receive / to accept / to enjoy / to bring into / to pay (tax etc) / nano- (one billionth) / to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing


百　　Bǎi	百 \| 百* \| *百	surname Bai


百　　bǎi	百 \| 百* \| *百	hundred / numerous / all kinds of


百川　　bǎichuān	百川 \| 百川* \| *百川	rivers


川　　　Chuān	川 \| 川* \| *川	short name for Sichuan 四川


川　　　chuān	川 \| 川* \| *川	(bound form) river / creek / plain / an area of level country