侯门似海
Traditional form:
侯門似海
Pinyin (reading):
hóumén-sìhǎi
Definitions:
- lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom)
- fig. there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people
Characters:
- 侯 - marquis, lord; target in archery
- 门 - gate, door, entrance, opening
- 似 - resembling, similar to; as if, to seem
- 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
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