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四海
Mandarin · pinyin sì hǎi
Meanings
- (fig.) the whole world
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4–3 · si4 hai3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sei3 hoi2
Cantonese word readings for 四海. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- (literary, figurative) the world; the whole world
adj
- (Suzhounese) generous; magnanimous
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