Read Edit View history 下海 xiàhǎi HSK7 enter business Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 下海 xiàhǎi enter business verb to leave a stable job or a government position to go into private business or the commercial sector 他放弃了铁饭碗，决定下海经商。 tā fàngqì le tiě fànwǎn, juédìng xiàhǎi jīngshāng. He gave up his secure government job and decided to go into business. enter prostitution verb to enter the sex trade or become a prostitute 在那个动荡的年代，不少女性被迫下海谋生。 zài nà gè dòngdàng de niándài, bùshǎo nǚxìng bèipò xiàhǎi móushēng. In those turbulent years, many women were forced into prostitution to make a living. go to sea verb to go out to sea or enter the water for activities such as swimming, fishing, or sailing 今天风浪太大，所有的渔船都不能下海。 jīntiān fēnglàng tài dà, suǒyǒu de yúchuán dōu bù néng xiàhǎi. The waves are too big today, so no fishing boats can go out to sea. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.920 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.99 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
下海 xiàhǎi enter business verb to leave a stable job or a government position to go into private business or the commercial sector 他放弃了铁饭碗，决定下海经商。 tā fàngqì le tiě fànwǎn, juédìng xiàhǎi jīngshāng. He gave up his secure government job and decided to go into business. enter prostitution verb to enter the sex trade or become a prostitute 在那个动荡的年代，不少女性被迫下海谋生。 zài nà gè dòngdàng de niándài, bùshǎo nǚxìng bèipò xiàhǎi móushēng. In those turbulent years, many women were forced into prostitution to make a living. go to sea verb to go out to sea or enter the water for activities such as swimming, fishing, or sailing 今天风浪太大，所有的渔船都不能下海。 jīntiān fēnglàng tài dà, suǒyǒu de yúchuán dōu bù néng xiàhǎi. The waves are too big today, so no fishing boats can go out to sea. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.920 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.99 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)