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海岸hǎi àn
coast
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
海岸 | hǎi'àn | |
1. n. coast; seashore | ||
海岸 水域 - coastal waters | ||
English > Chinese | ||
coast | ||
1. 海岸 | ||
Components | ||
海 | hǎi | |
1. sea; ocean | ||
好 想 去 看 海。 - I really want to go and look at the sea. | ||
2. big lake | ||
洱海 - Er Lake | ||
3. (Cantonese) wide river | ||
4. (of containers, amount, etc.) big; large | ||
海碗 - extra large bowl | ||
海量 - huge amount | ||
海 投 - to send résumés to many companies; to use shotgun approach in job hunting | ||
海 扁 - to beat someone tremendously | ||
5. overseas; abroad | ||
海棗 - date palm | ||
6. (figurative) sea; abundance; infiniteness | ||
人海 - huge crowd | ||
火海 - sea of flames | ||
7. (dialectal, colloquial) profuse; numerous | ||
8. (dialectal, colloquial) unrestrainedly; randomly; casually | ||
9. . Hai (mainland China, Taiwan), Hoi (Hong Kong) | ||
海 瑞 - Hai Rui (Chinese scholar-official of the Ming dynasty) | ||
岸 | àn | |
1. bank; shore; coast | ||
海岸 - coast | ||
靠岸 - to approach the shore | ||
2. high; lofty | ||
偉岸 - tall and sturdy | ||
3. stately; haughty | ||
4. border | ||
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hǎi àn
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