Read Edit View history 侯门似海 hóuménsìhǎi the gate of a noble house is like the sea Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 侯门似海 侯門似海 hóuménsìhǎi the gate of a noble house is like the sea The gap between a powerful, wealthy family and common people is vast; used to express that once someone enters a high-ranking household, they are as inaccessible as if they were across the ocean. Frequency Written text 0.002 per million Cross-References Has variant 侯门如海 hóuménrúhǎi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
侯门似海 侯門似海 hóuménsìhǎi the gate of a noble house is like the sea The gap between a powerful, wealthy family and common people is vast; used to express that once someone enters a high-ranking household, they are as inaccessible as if they were across the ocean. Frequency Written text 0.002 per million Cross-References Has variant 侯门如海 hóuménrúhǎi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)