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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
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
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
sea area / territorial waters / maritime space
HSK 7-9
to sail the seas / maritime navigation / voyage
HSK 7-9
(zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber
HSK 7-9
height above sea level / elevation
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 surface of the sea; ocean surface
HSK 7-9
narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return
to overlook the sea / on the waterfront
East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
the Dead Sea
deep sea
edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore
South China Sea
sea warfare; naval battle
Yellow Sea
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  *陆* | 陆* | *陆
(bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)
sea salt
(Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland
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  *鳌* | 鳌* | *鳌
mythological sea turtle
mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander
connected by air, sea traffic or service
(of the sea etc) surging; tempestuous / (fig.) highly emotional; fervent
seascape / sea view
deep or shallow / depth (of the sea) / limits of decorum
to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight
sea cucumber
North Sea (in Europe) / historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖|贝加尔湖, Russia
sea breeze / sea wind (i.e. from the sea)
to go out to sea / (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
Emperor of the Sea / Neptune
sea and land
Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
Jinghai, a district of Tianjin 天津 / Sea of Tranquility (lunar feature)
sea-buckthorn
a multitude / a sea of people
maritime affairs / accident at sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
sea urchin
Aegean Sea
to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience
Bohai Sea, between Liaoning and Shandong
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)
sea anemone
sea lion
lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world
(literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan
sea horse / hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体)
sea freight / shipping
Southeast Asia / South seas
Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河
to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means
all rivers run into the sea / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc)
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  *溟* | 溟* | *溟
to drizzle / sea
air or sea voyage (seen as an individual, countable item) / flight / voyage / CL: 個|个
offshore / open sea
Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player
waves surging forth / roaring sea
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  *渤* | 渤* | *渤
same as 渤海, Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong / Gulf of Zhili or Chihli
Sea of Serenity (Mare Serenitatis, on the moon)
Red Sea
high sea / international waters
Poseidon, god of the sea in Greek mythology
Baltic Sea
lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery
test flight (of aircraft) / sea trial (of ship)
palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea
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
Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc
edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river)
sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn / ars longa, vita brevis
starfish / sea star
one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
a sea of flames
lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess
shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep
sea snail / whelk / conch
sea angling
John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain / Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist
may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom)
sea land air (transport, or military operations)
hypo (loanword) / sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3 used in fixing photos (formerly hyposulfite) / wave (sea)
lit. until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever; until the end of time
swelling or stormy seas
Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality
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

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