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  *公* | 公* | *公
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
HSK 6
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  *鳌* | 鳌* | *鳌
mythological sea turtle
sea / ocean
HSK 2
Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)
Jin Tianhe (1874–1947), late-Qing poet and novelist, co-author of A Flower in a Sinful Sea 孽海花
lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom)
echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc
coco de mer or "sea coconut" (Lodoicea maldivica)
Arabian Sea
Caribbean Sea
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
(literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan
the high seas; international waters
edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river)
Ionian Sea between Italy and Greece
to go out to sea / (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess
edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore
to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means
to sail the seas / maritime navigation / voyage
HSK 7-9
mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom) / fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return
perils of the sea
sea snail / whelk / conch
Jinghai, a district of Tianjin 天津 / Sea of Tranquility (lunar feature)
offshore / open sea
sea level
(zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber
HSK 7-9
shipping / sea transport
Sea of Azov in southern Russia
there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea)
HSK 7-9
shipping by sea
HSK 7-9
Ascidiacea / sea squirt
lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering / fig. gigantic / of spectacular significance
the Dead Sea
Caspian Sea
all rivers run into the sea / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
Red Sea
Sea of Galilee
maritime affairs / accident at sea
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)
one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep
to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight
starfish / sea star
lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery
The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. / Repent and ye shall be saved!
Black Sea
test flight (of aircraft) / sea trial (of ship)
lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
East China sea
sea wave
HSK 6
to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience
Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders
(literary) the sun over the sea
lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
(of the sea etc) surging; tempestuous / (fig.) highly emotional; fervent
a sea of flames
Takeshima (Korean Dokdo 獨島|独岛), disputed islands in Sea of Japan
sea cucumber
sea and land hotpot (Jiangsu specialty)
Southeast Asia / South seas
swelling or stormy seas
Mediterranean Sea
deep sea
Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea
to drain (wastewater) into the sea
Baltic Sea
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
distant seas / the open ocean (far from the coast)
South China Sea
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  *海* | 海* | *海
ocean / sea / CL: 個|个, / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
HSK 2
East Sea Fleet
the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea)
Calicut, town on Arabian sea in Kerala, India
lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response
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  *陆* | 陆* | *陆
(bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)
a multitude / a sea of people
elevation (above sea level)
sea-buckthorn
sea urchin
North Sea (in Europe) / historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖|贝加尔湖, Russia
sea area / territorial waters / maritime space
HSK 7-9
Jeddah (Saudi city, on Red Sea)
Ama-no-hashidate in the north of Kyōto prefecture 京都府 on the Sea of Japan
Aegean Sea
sea rescue service / lifeboat service
sea warfare; naval battle
height above sea level / elevation
HSK 7-9
lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world
vast area / all the way to the sea
connected by air, sea traffic or service
to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc)
Aral Sea
marine / produced in sea
sea anemone
lit. to move mountains and drain seas / to transform nature
Macclesfield Bank, series of reefs in the South China Sea southeast of Hainan Island

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