薄海

bóhǎi
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a vast area extending to the sea
  2. 2 all the lands within the seas (literary)

Examples

Xiāoxi chuán chū, bóhǎi tóng huān.
When the news got out, the whole nation rejoiced together.
Bóhǎi zhī nèi, wú bù xiǎngyìng.
Within all the lands reaching the sea, none failed to respond.

Tips

register
薄海 is purely literary — in classical usage (bó) means 'to reach / extend to'. The phrase 薄海 ('the whole nation rejoices together') survives in formal speeches and editorials.
mistakes
Don't read the here as báo (thin) — in this set phrase it's bó, with the classical 'reaching to' meaning.

Stroke Order

báo
hǎi