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  *海* | 海* | *海
ocean / sea / CL: 個|个, / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
HSK 2
sea / ocean
HSK 2
dry land (as opposed to the sea)
HSK 4
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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
sea wave
HSK 6
to sail the seas / maritime navigation / voyage
HSK 7-9
height above sea level / elevation
HSK 7-9
(zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber
HSK 7-9
coastal / bordering the sea
HSK 7-9
to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea)
HSK 7-9
shipping by sea
HSK 7-9
the surface of the sea; ocean surface
HSK 7-9
sea area / territorial waters / maritime space
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
Southeast Asia / South seas
narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return
Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City / the North Sea (Europe) / Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi / Bohai Sea / Lake Baikal
Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player
East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
Yellow Sea
to overlook the sea / on the waterfront
sea of learning / erudite / knowledgeable person / scholarship
South China Sea
sea horse / hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体)
Aegean (sea between Greece and Turkey)
to go out to sea / (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
deep or shallow / depth (of the sea) / limits of decorum
sea freight / shipping
the Dead Sea
Red Sea
Bohai Sea, or Bo Hai, between Liaoning and Shandong / Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia 698-926
sea salt
deep sea
edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore
Baltic Sea
starfish / sea star
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  *渤* | 渤* | *渤
same as 渤海, Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong / Gulf of Zhili or Chihli
high sea / international waters
hypo (loanword) / sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3 used in fixing photos (formerly hyposulfite) / wave (sea)
Emperor of the Sea / Neptune
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  *陆* | 陆* | *陆
(bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)
Penglai, county-level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong / Penglai, one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals / by extension, fairyland
to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight
mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander
Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc
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  *鳌* | 鳌* | *鳌
mythological sea turtle
sea breeze / sea wind (i.e. from the sea)
seascape / sea view
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
sea cucumber
sea otter
Black Sea
connected by air, sea traffic or service
palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea
lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment / all is quiet / a dead calm (at sea)
Caspian Sea
Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河
sea and land
waves surging forth / roaring sea
swelling or stormy seas
Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
Phoenicia, ancient civilization along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea
lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess
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  *溟* | 溟* | *溟
to drizzle / sea
Jinghai county in Tianjin 天津 / Sea of Tranquillity (on the moon)
sea-buckthorn
a multitude / a sea of people
to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means
sea lion
Arabian Sea
sea urchin
Aegean Sea
air or sea voyage (seen as an individual, countable item) / flight / voyage / CL: 個|个
to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience
perils of the sea
marine / produced in sea
Yellow Sea (Korean term)
soughing / whistling or rushing sound (of the wind in trees, the sea etc)
lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world
lit. until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever; until the end of time
East China Sea / Japan
Poseidon, God of the sea in Greek mythology
Sea of Serenity (Mare Serenitatis, on the moon)
edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river)
to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc)
offshore / open sea
sea anemone
Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality
shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep
one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery
a sea of flames
sea land air (transport, or military operations)
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
lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom)
test flight (of aircraft) / sea trial (of ship)
Syr Darya, Central Asian river, flowing from Kyrgiz Republic through Kazakhstan to the Aral sea
lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering / fig. gigantic / of spectacular significance
sea snail / whelk / conch
may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom)

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