海闊天空
See also: 海阔天空
Chinese
| ocean; sea | rich; wide; broad | day; sky; heaven | emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (海闊天空) | 海 | 闊 | 天 | 空 | |
| simp. (海阔天空) | 海 | 阔 | 天 | 空 | |
| alternative forms | 海濶天空 | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hǎikuòtiānkōng
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hǎikuòtiankong
- Wade–Giles: hai3-kʻuo4-tʻien1-kʻung1
- Yale: hǎi-kwò-tyān-kūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haekuohtiankong
- Palladius: хайкотянькун (xajkotjanʹkun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hoi2 fut3 tin1 hung1
- Yale: hói fut tīn hūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hoi2 fut8 tin1 hung1
- Guangdong Romanization: hoi2 fud3 tin1 hung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ fuːt̚³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
海闊天空
- (literary) the sea and the sky is expansive and boundless
- 山頂有閣，匾曰「海闊天空」，一望無際，但見怒濤接天而已。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: w:Shen Fu, Six Records of a Floating Life, late 18th century CE– early 19th century CE
- Shāndǐng yǒu gé, biǎn yuē “hǎikuòtiānkōng”, yīwàngwújì, dàn jiàn nùtāo jiē tiān éryǐ. [Pinyin]
- There was a pavilion on the mountain top, with an inscribed plaque that read, “The Sea and the Heaven is Broad and Vast”. Within the boundless view, there was nothing but surging waves stretching to the distant horizon.
山顶有阁，匾曰「海阔天空」，一望无际，但见怒涛接天而已。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- bold and unconstrained
- (of imagination or a conversation) without restriction or limit; discursive