created reference approved 百川归海/百川歸海 → 众望所归/眾望所歸 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
百川归海 / 百川歸海 bǎichuānguīhǎi
众望所归 / 眾望所歸 zhòngwàngsuǒguī
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 百川归海/百川歸海 · bǎichuānguīhǎi · hundreds of rivers flow into the sea — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
百川归海 / 百川歸海
bǎichuānguīhǎi
hundreds of rivers flow into the sea
numerous rivers all empty into the ocean; the literal meaning of the idiom
百川 (literal) → 百川 · bǎichuān · rivers 归 (literal) → 归/歸 · guī · to converge 海 (literal) → 海 · hǎi · sea
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 百川归海/百川歸海 · bǎichuānguīhǎi · all things tend toward one direction — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
百川归海 / 百川歸海
bǎichuānguīhǎi
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
百川 (literal) → 百川 · bǎichuān · rivers 归 (literal) → 归/歸 · guī · to converge 海 (literal) → 海 · hǎi · sea
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition