Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「侯門似海」 and how it’s used.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「侯門似海」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
The gates of princes and nobles are as deep as the sea. In the old days, the gates of wealthy aristocrats and government offices were strictly guarded, and ordinary people could not enter easily. It also refers to people who knew each other in the old days but later became estranged due to different statuses.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hóu mén sì hǎi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hau4 mun4 chi5 hoi2
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
