昊 hào vast and limitless / the vast sky syn 浩瀚 hào hàn vast (of ocean) / boundless syn 浩荡 浩蕩 hào dàng vast and mighty (of river or ocean) / broad and powerful syn 曾经沧海 曾經滄海 céng jīng cāng hǎi lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom) / fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life syn 洋 yáng ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin syn 汗漫 hàn màn vast / without boundaries / power (of a river or ocean) 渊海 淵海 yuān hǎi (lit.) abyss and ocean / (fig.) vast and profound syn 坠海 墜海 zhuì hǎi to fall into the ocean / to crash into the ocean 洋底 yáng dǐ ocean floor / bottom of the ocean 大洋钻探计划 大洋鉆探計劃 Ocean Drilling Project / Ocean Drilling Programme 大陆地壳和海洋地壳过渡区 大陸地殼和海洋地殼過渡區 continent / ocean crust transition / continent-ocean transition 南极和南极洋合作研究中心 南極和南極洋合作研究中心 Cooperative Research Centre for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment / Cooperative Research Centre for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean 南极研究中心 南極研究中心 Cooperative Research Centre for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment / Cooperative Research Centre for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean 沧海一粟 滄海一粟 cāng hǎi - yī sù lit. one grain floating on the ocean (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean syn 广大 廣大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive / large-scale / widespread / (of people) numerous syn 大片 dà piàn wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending widely / blockbuster movie 广阔 廣闊 guǎng kuò wide / vast syn 绝大多数 絕大多數 jué dà duō shù the vast majority syn 茫茫 máng máng boundless / vast and obscure syn 迷茫 mí máng vast and indistinct / perplexed / bewildered / at a loss syn 缤纷 繽紛 bīn fēn vast and various / rich and diverse syn 宽广 寬廣 kuān guǎng wide / broad / extensive / vast syn 巨资 巨資 jù zī huge investment / vast sum 辽阔 遼闊 liáo kuò vast / extensive syn 长空 長空 cháng kōng (literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term syn 繁星 fán xīng many stars / a vast sky full of stars syn 苍茫 蒼茫 cāng máng boundless / vast / hazy (distant horizon) syn 苍苍 蒼蒼 cāng cāng ash gray / vast and hazy / flourishing syn 浩然 hào rán vast / expansive / overwhelming syn 汪洋 wāng yáng vast body of water / CL:片[pian4] syn 洋洋 yáng yáng vast / impressive / self-satisfied / immensely pleased with oneself syn 荒漠 huāng mò desert / desolate wilderness / barren wasteland / vast and desolate syn 寂寥 jì liáo (literary) quiet and desolate / lonely / vast and empty syn 人山人海 rén shān rén hǎi (idiom) multitude / vast crowd syn 浩大 hào dà vast / huge syn 无垠 無垠 wú yín boundless / vast syn 广袤 廣袤 guǎng mào vast syn 宏图 宏圖 hóng tú major undertaking / vast plan / grand prospect syn 白茫茫 bái máng máng (of mist, snow, floodwater etc) a vast expanse of whiteness syn 半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory syn 十有八九 shí yǒu bā jiǔ most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority syn 恢宏 huī hóng to develop / vast / broad / generous syn 壮阔 壯闊 zhuàng kuò grand / majestic / vast syn 浩浩 hào hào vast / expansive (universe) / torrential (floods) 十之八九 shí zhī bā jiǔ most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority syn 泱泱 yāng yāng grand / magnificent / vast syn 万顷 萬頃 wàn qǐng large landholding / vast space syn 资治通鉴 資治通鑒 zī zhì tōng jiàn A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls 漫无边际 漫無邊際 màn wú biān jì extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic syn 浩淼 hào miǎo vast / extending into the distance syn 迷漫 mí màn vast haze / lost in boundless mists syn 浩如烟海 浩如煙海 hào rú yān hǎi vast as the open sea (idiom) / fig. extensive (library) syn 深广 深廣 shēn guǎng deep and wide / vast / profound (influence etc) syn 地大物博 dì dà wù bó vast territory with abundant resources (idiom) syn 浩渺 hào miǎo vast / extending into the distance syn 恢恢 huī huī (literary) vast / extensive syn 地广人稀 地廣人稀 dì guǎng rén xī vast, but sparsely populated syn 浩气 浩氣 hào qì vast spirit / nobility of spirit syn 浩繁 hào fán vast / voluminous / many and varied / numerous / extensive amount of / exhaustive / heavy (expenditure) / arduous / strenuous / exhausting / draining / burdensome syn 广漠 廣漠 guǎng mò vast and empty syn 浩 hào grand / vast (water) syn 茫 máng vast, with no clear boundary / fig. hazy / indistinct / unclear / confused 莽 mǎng (bound form) dense growth of grass / (literary) vast / boundless / (bound form) boorish / reckless 旷 曠 kuàng to neglect / to skip (class or work) / to waste (time) / vast / loose-fitting syn 廓 kuò (bound form) extensive / vast / (bound form) outline / general shape / (bound form) to expand / to extend syn 渺 miǎo (of an expanse of water) vast / distant and indistinct / tiny or insignificant syn 祁 qí large / vast 泓 hóng clear / vast and deep / classifier for a body of clear water syn 灏 灝 hào vast (of water) syn 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 纮 紘 hóng cord for hat / vast 漭 mǎng vast / expansive (of water) 紘 hóng cord for hat / vast 苦海茫茫 kǔ hǎi máng máng sea of bitterness is vast (idiom) 万贯家财 萬貫家財 wàn guàn jiā cái vast wealth syn 澔 hào grand / vast (of water) 澒 hòng vast / infinite 濊 huì vast / expansive (as of water) 泂 jiǒng vast 坱 yǎng fine dust / plentiful / vast 呺 xiāo voice of anger / vast / spacious 三江平原 sān jiāng píng yuán Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] or Amur, Songhua 松花江[Song1 hua1 jiang1], Ussuri 烏蘇里江|乌苏里江[Wu1 su1 li3 jiang1] 千经万卷 千經萬卷 qiān jīng wàn juǎn lit. a thousand sutras, ten thousand scrolls / fig. the vast Buddhist canon 宽旷 寬曠 kuān kuàng vast / extensive syn 旷渺 曠渺 kuàng miǎo remote and vast 旷阔 曠闊 kuàng kuò vast 林纾 林紓 lín shū Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese 洪水滔滔 hóng shuǐ tāo tāo (idiom) to have flooding over a vast area 洪渊 洪淵 hóng yuān vast and profound 浩博 hào bó vast and plentiful / ample / very many 浩阔 浩闊 hào kuò vast 渊泓 淵泓 yuān hóng vast and profound 溟漭 míng mǎng vast and boundless 万里江山 萬里江山 wàn lǐ jiāng shān lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains / a vast territory (idiom) 薄海 bó hǎi vast area / all the way to the sea 开旷 開曠 kāi kuàng open and vast 可可西里 kě kě xī lǐ Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2] 浪莽 làng mǎng vast 嵺 liáo (literary) vast and empty 