汪洋大海

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Chinese

		vast; boundless; magnanimous vast; boundless; magnanimous; generous	ocean; sea; large bowl or wine cup
simp. and trad. (汪洋大海)		汪洋	大海

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wāngyángdàhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong¹ joeng⁴ daai⁶ hoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wāngyángdàhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wangyángdàhǎi
  - Wade–Giles: wang¹-yang²-ta⁴-hai³
  - Yale: wāng-yáng-dà-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uangyangdahhae
  - Palladius: ванъяндахай (vanʺjandaxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong¹ joeng⁴ daai⁶ hoi²
  - Yale: wōng yèuhng daaih hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong¹ joeng⁴ daai⁶ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong¹ yêng⁴ dai⁶ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

汪洋大海

vast ocean
(figuratively) something great in strength and impetus
- 動員了全國的老百姓，就造成了陷敵於滅頂之災的汪洋大海。 [MSC, trad.]
  动员了全国的老百姓，就造成了陷敌于灭顶之灾的汪洋大海。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Dòngyuán le quánguó de lǎobǎixìng, jiù zàochéng le xiàn dí yú mièdǐngzhīzāi de wāngyángdàhǎi.
  The mobilization of the common people throughout the country will create a vast sea in which to drown the enemy.

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