bǎi​chuān​guī​hǎi

hundreds of rivers flow into the sea

百川归海 百川歸海 bǎi​chuān​guī​hǎi
hundreds of rivers flow into the sea
numerous rivers all empty into the ocean; the literal meaning of the idiom
all things tend toward one direction
metaphorically used to describe many disparate things finally coming together, an inevitable trend, or people turning toward a single person or goal

Frequency

Written text
0.028 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)