侯门似海 — Chinese idiom
侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
Traditional: 侯門似海
Meaning
- (lit.) the gate of a noble house is like the sea
- (fig.) there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people
Character by character
- 侯hóumarquis, lord; target in archery
- 门méngate, door, entrance, opening
- 似sìresembling, similar to; as if, to seem
- 海hǎisea, ocean; maritime
Idioms sharing a character
- 王侯将相 wáng hóu jiàng xiàng
- 一门心思 yī mén xīn si
- 光耀门楣 guāng yào mén méi
- 分门别类 fēn mén bié lèi
- 名门望族 míng mén wàng zú
- 夺门而出 duó mén ér chū
- 引鬼上门 yǐn guǐ shàng mén
- 托足无门 tuō zú wú mén
- 旁门左道 páng mén zuǒ dào
- 书香门第 shū xiāng mén dì
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