浩如烟海 — Chinese idiom
浩如烟海
hào rú yān hǎi
Traditional: 浩如煙海
Meaning
- vast as the open sea ; fig. extensive (library)
Character by character
- 浩hàogreat, grand, vast
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 烟yānsmoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
- 海hǎisea, ocean; maritime
Idioms sharing a character
- 浩浩荡荡 hào hào dàng dàng
- 一如既往 yī rú jì wǎng
- 一清如水 yī qīng rú shuǐ
- 一贫如洗 yī pín rú xǐ
- 一钱如命 yī qián rú mìng
- 不过如此 bù guò rú cǐ
- 了如指掌 liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
- 人如其名 rén rú qí míng
- 人生如梦 rén shēng rú mèng
- 但愿如此 dàn yuàn rú cǐ
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