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sea / ocean
HSK 2
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  *海* | 海* | *海
ocean / sea / CL: 個|个, / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
HSK 2
coastal
HSK 6
coastal / bordering the sea
HSK 7-9
to sail the seas / maritime navigation / voyage
HSK 7-9
to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
HSK 7-9
the mind / the brain
HSK 7-9
Shanghai municipality (abbr. to 滬|沪)
malva nut / seed of Sterculia lychnophora
Aral Sea
Binhai (place name) / Binhai New District, subprovincial district of Tianjin / Binhai county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城, Jiangsu / fictitious city Binhai in political satire / Primorsky, a territory in the far east of Russia
Erhai Lake
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  *海* | 海* | *海
surname Hai
East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
the Dead Sea
deep sea
South China Sea
(fig.) the whole world
Yellow Sea
bangs / fringe (hair)
(neologism) an unexplored, as yet uncontested market (contrasted with 紅海|红海)
all parts of the country
Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing
North Sea (in Europe) / historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖|贝加尔湖, Russia
coastal waters / offshore
abbr. for 台灣海峽|台湾海峡, Taiwan Strait
to go out to sea / (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
Jianghai district of Jiangmen city 江門市|江门市, Guangdong
Jinghai, a district of Tianjin 天津 / Sea of Tranquility (lunar feature)
Yinhai district of Beihai city 北海市, Guangxi
moviedom / the world of movies / film circles
a multitude / a sea of people
Zhenhai district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市, Zhejiang
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
(dialect) to gather seafood at the beach while the tide is out; to comb the beach for shellfish, crabs or other marine life
Yaohai, a district of Hefei City 合肥市, Anhui
territorial waters
Bohai Sea, between Liaoning and Shandong
Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia, 698-926
to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means
Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
Menghai county in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture 西雙版納傣族自治州|西双版纳傣族自治州, Yunnan
Ninghai county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Zhejiang
Ouhai district of Wenzhou city 溫州市|温州市, Zhejiang
Cihai, encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936
offshore / open sea
Sea of Serenity (Mare Serenitatis, on the moon)
Chenghai District of Shantou city 汕頭市|汕头市, Guangdong
Red Sea
(neologism) highly competitive market (contrasted with 藍海|蓝海)
Qionghai City, Hainan
high sea / international waters
Changhai county in Dalian 大連|大连, Liaoning
Baltic Sea
Xinghai county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州, Qinghai
lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery
Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传
Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市, Zhejiang / Qing dynasty name of 舟山市
a sea of flames
officialdom / bureaucracy
lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess
shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep
(lit.) abyss and ocean / (fig.) vast and profound
may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom)
(idiom) multitude; vast crowd
lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds
Caohai Lake, Guizhou
Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州, including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces
to become known far and wide (idiom) / famous
sea of learning / erudite / knowledgeable person / scholarship
lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response
vast as the open sea (idiom); fig. extensive (library)
lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering / fig. gigantic / of spectacular significance
lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom) / fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
Fahrenheit, Taiwan pop group, from 2005
lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom)
a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)
lit. to move mountains and drain seas / to transform nature
lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
to overlook the sea / on the waterfront
coastal / bordering the sea
Yellow Sea (Korean term)
Arafura Sea
Sea of Japan
east and south of Liaoning province
sea of evil / endless crime
White Sea
variant of 劉海|刘海
to fall into the ocean / to crash into the ocean
Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱
the vast ocean

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