汪洋大海
Chinese
- vast; boundless; magnanimous; generous
sea; ocean; large bowl or wine cup simp. and trad.
(汪洋大海)汪洋 大海
Pronunciation
Idiom
汪洋大海
- vast ocean
- (figuratively) something great in strength and impetus
- 動員了全國的老百姓,就造成了陷敵於滅頂之災的汪洋大海。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Dòngyuán le quánguó de lǎobǎixìng, jiù zàochéng le xiàn dí yú mièdǐngzhīzāi de wāngyángdàhǎi. [Pinyin]
- The mobilization of the common people throughout the country will create a vast sea in which to drown the enemy.
动员了全国的老百姓,就造成了陷敌于灭顶之灾的汪洋大海。 [MSC, simp.]