漂洋过海 — Chinese idiom
漂洋过海
piāo yáng guò hǎi
Traditional: 漂洋過海
Meaning
- to cross the ocean; to cross the seas
Character by character
- 漂piāoto drift, to float; to be tossed about; bleach
- 洋yángsea, ocean; western, foreign
- 过guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 海hǎisea, ocean; maritime
Idioms sharing a character
- 漂泊无依 piāo bó wú yī
- 血流漂杵 xuè liú piāo chǔ
- 喜气洋洋 xǐ qì yáng yáng
- 土洋结合 tǔ yáng jié hé
- 崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài
- 望洋兴叹 wàng yáng xīng tàn
- 江洋大盗 jiāng yáng dà dào
- 洋洋得意 yáng yáng dé yì
- 洋洋洒洒 yáng yáng sǎ sǎ
- 洋洋自得 yáng yáng zì dé
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