危险 危險 wēi xiǎn danger / dangerous syn 悬崖 懸崖 xuán yá precipice / overhanging cliff syn 海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 险恶 險惡 xiǎn è dangerous / sinister / vicious syn 虎口 hǔ kǒu tiger's den / dangerous place / the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand syn 下海 xià hǎi to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc) 海风 海風 hǎi fēng sea breeze / sea wind (i.e. from the sea) 峭壁 qiào bì cliff / steep / precipice syn 危险区 危險區 wēi xiǎn qū hazardous area / hazard area / dangerous area / hazard zone syn 艰险 艱險 jiān xiǎn difficult and dangerous / hardships and perils syn 东海 東海 dōng hǎi East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) 山崖 shān yá cliff syn 凶险 兇險 xiōng xiǎn dangerous / ruthless / treacherous syn 扣人心弦 kòu rén xīn xián to excite / to thrill / exciting / thrilling / cliff-hanging syn 险情 險情 xiǎn qíng peril / dangerous circumstance 狂风暴雨 狂風暴雨 kuáng fēng bào yǔ howling wind and torrential rain (idiom) / (fig.) difficult, dangerous situation syn 险阻 險阻 xiǎn zǔ dangerous and difficult (path) syn 高难 高難 gāo nán extremely difficult / hard and dangerous / challenging syn 浅海 淺海 qiǎn hǎi shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep syn 洪水猛兽 洪水猛獸 hóng shuǐ měng shòu lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom) / fig. great scourges / extremely dangerous or threatening things syn 栈道 棧道 zhàn dào plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff / (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers 石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) 崖壁 yá bì escarpment / precipice / cliff 不安全 bù ān quán unsafe / dangerous 海王 hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player 断崖 斷崖 duàn yá steep cliff / crag / precipice 中国海 中國海 zhōng guó hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) 陡壁 dǒu bì steep cliff / precipice / vertical slope syn 厂 hǎn "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc syn 险 險 xiǎn danger / dangerous / rugged syn 崖 yá precipice / cliff / Taiwan pr. [yai2] syn 罗斯托夫 羅斯托夫 luó sī tuō fū Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close to Sea of Azov (north of the Black Sea) 危境 wēi jìng dangerous situation / venerable old age syn 广 yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc syn 畏途 wèi tú dangerous road / (fig.) perilous or intimidating undertaking syn 危如累卵 wēi rú lěi luǎn precarious as pile of eggs (idiom) / ready to fall and break at any moment / in a dangerous state syn 殆 dài (literary) dangerous / perilous / (literary) almost / well-nigh syn 嶂 zhàng cliff / range of peaks 磴 dèng cliff-ledge / stone step syn 碥 biǎn dangerous rocks jutting out over rapids 阽 diàn dangerous / also pr. [yan2] 阽 yán dangerous 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 大海 dà hǎi sea / ocean syn 海浪 hǎi làng sea wave 出海 chū hǎi to go out to sea / (neologism) to expand into overseas markets 陆地 陸地 lù dì dry land (as opposed to the sea) syn 颠簸 顛簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience syn 海面 hǎi miàn the surface of the sea / ocean surface 火海 huǒ hǎi a sea of flames syn 打捞 打撈 dǎ lāo to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea) syn 葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) syn 海域 hǎi yù sea area / territorial waters / maritime space syn 大海捞针 大海撈針 dà hǎi lāo zhēn lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom) syn 海星 hǎi xīng starfish / sea star 水边 水邊 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) syn 海拔 hǎi bá height above sea level / elevation syn 远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight 海狮 海獅 hǎi shī sea lion syn 海景 hǎi jǐng seascape / sea view 深海 shēn hǎi deep sea syn 澎湃 péng pài (of the sea etc) surging / tempestuous / (fig.) highly emotional / fervent syn 人鱼 人魚 rén yú mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander syn 船运 船運 chuán yùn sea freight / shipping 海马 海馬 hǎi mǎ sea horse / hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体[hai3ma3ti3]) 海胆 海膽 hǎi dǎn sea urchin 苦海 kǔ hǎi lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery syn 风平浪静 風平浪靜 fēng píng làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / all is quiet / a dead calm (at sea) syn 公海 gōng hǎi high sea / international waters 人海 rén hǎi a multitude / a sea of people syn 海战 海戰 hǎi zhàn sea warfare / naval battle 海事 hǎi shì maritime affairs / accident at sea syn 海平面 hǎi píng miàn sea level syn 外海 wài hǎi offshore / open sea 海难 海難 hǎi nàn perils of the sea syn 南海 nán hǎi South China Sea 水仙 shuǐ xiān narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return 黑海 hēi hǎi Black Sea 海运 海運 hǎi yùn shipping by sea 波罗的海 波羅的海 bō luó dì hǎi Baltic Sea 里海 lǐ hǎi Caspian Sea 滨海 濱海 bīn hǎi coastal / bordering the sea 海螺 hǎi luó sea snail / whelk / conch 瞒天过海 瞞天過海 mán tiān guò hǎi to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means syn 海参 海參 hǎi shēn sea cucumber syn 深浅 深淺 shēn qiǎn deep or shallow / depth (of the sea) / limits of decorum syn 海陆空 海陸空 hǎi lù kòng sea land air (transport, or military operations) 海葵 hǎi kuí sea anemone 海产 海產 hǎi chǎn marine / produced in sea syn 死海 sǐ hǎi the Dead Sea 沧海桑田 滄海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world syn 日本海 rì běn hǎi Sea of Japan 水陆 水陸 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea syn 黄海 黃海 huáng hǎi Yellow Sea 飒飒 颯颯 sà sà soughing / whistling or rushing sound (of the wind in trees, the sea etc) syn 临海 臨海 lín hǎi to overlook the sea / on the waterfront 海盐 海鹽 hǎi yán sea salt 通航 tōng háng connected by air, sea traffic or service 海南岛 海南島 hǎi nán dǎo Hainan Island in South China Sea 