四海
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Mandarin [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
- In Ancient China, it was thought that China was surrounded by ocean on all four sides. Eventually, this phrase came to mean "all four directions" or "everywhere."
Noun [edit]
四海 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin sìhǎi)
- (literary) the world
References [edit]
- "四海" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-04-23.
- 2007, Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin), Hong Kong: Commercial Press, ISBN 9789620702778:
