浩如煙海

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Chinese

		grand; vast (water)	as (if); such as	a vast sea of fog; something huge and voluminous
trad. (浩如煙海)		浩	如	煙海
simp. (浩如烟海)		浩	如	烟海
Literally: “as vase as a sea of fog”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hàorúyānhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄢㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶ jyu⁴ jin¹ hoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hàorúyānhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄢㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hàorúyanhǎi
  - Wade–Giles: hao⁴-ju²-yen¹-hai³
  - Yale: hàu-rú-yān-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawruianhae
  - Palladius: хаожуяньхай (xaožujanʹxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou⁶ jyu⁴ jin¹ hoi²
  - Yale: houh yùh yīn hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶ jy⁴ jin¹ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶ yu⁴ yin¹ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²² jyː²¹ jiːn⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

浩如煙海

(of literature, data, etc.) a tremendous amount; voluminous

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