Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「浩如煙海」, explained here.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「浩如煙海」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
Hao: vast; Yanhai: boundless ocean. Used to describe the extreme abundance of classics, books, etc.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hào rú yān hǎi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hou6 yu4 yin1 hoi2
The sheer number of Chinese idioms and their varied meanings make them fascinating to study. Let these materials assist you as you advance your Chinese skills and understanding.
