侯门似海

侯门似海 [hóu mén sì hǎi]

1. ■ A rich man's mansion is difficult of access.; A nobleman's mansion is deep like the sea -- inaccessible.; Once she enters a noble family she will not likely come out again -- referring to a lady who becomes a concubine in a noble family.; The gate of the marquis is as inaccessible as the ocean.; The mansions of the nobility were inaccessible to the common man.