浩如烟海

Traditional form:

浩如煙海

Pinyin (reading):

hàorúyānhǎi

Definitions:

• vast as the open sea (idiom); fig. extensive (library)

Characters:

• 浩 - great, grand, vast
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 烟 - smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime

Traditional characters:

• 浩 - great, grand, vast
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 煙 - smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime