Definition
汪洋大海 is a four-character idiom that literally refers to the vast and boundless ocean. Figuratively, it's used to describe something enormous in scale, quantity, or intensity — such as a massive crowd, an overwhelming force, or an immeasurable amount. The first two characters 汪洋 depict the water's vastness, and 大海 just means 'big sea', reinforcing the image.
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(literal) vast and boundless ocean(figurative) enormous scale or immense magnitude
Examples
- ，汪洋大海。Yì zǒujìn guǎngchǎng, tā jiù xiàng yì dī shuǐ róng rù le wāng yáng dà.As soon as he entered the square, he blended in like a drop of water merging into the boundless ocean.
- 汪洋大海，。Zài wāng yáng dà bān de zīliào zhōng, zhǎodào zhè fèn wénjiàn shí shǔ bú yì.Finding this document among the ocean of materials was truly no easy task.
- 汪洋大海，。Tā wàng zhe yuǎnchù de wāng yáng dà, gǎndào zìjǐ duōme miǎoxiǎo.He gazed at the endless ocean in the distance and felt how small he was.
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