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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎikuòtiānkōng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² fut³ tin¹ hung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎikuòtiānkōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄎㄨㄥ
  - 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/
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/

Idiom

海闊天空

the sea and the sky is expansive and boundless; as boundless as the sea and sky
bold and unconstrained
(of imagination or a conversation) without restriction or limit; discursive

Derived terms

退一步海闊天空／退一步海阔天空 (tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng)

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