繁星 fán xīng many stars / a vast sky full of stars syn 天色 tiān sè color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather 划过 划過 huá guò (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky) / (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky) 青天 qīng tiān clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official) syn 戴盆望天 dài pén wàng tiān lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head / it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head / fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations / one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties syn 碧海青天 bì hǎi qīng tiān green sea, blue sky (idiom) / sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow 玄武 xuán wǔ Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky) / (in Daoism) God of the north sky 天上下刀子 tiān shàng xià dāo zi lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom) / fig. (even if) the sky crumbles 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 浩瀚 hào hàn vast (of ocean) / boundless 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 浩荡 浩蕩 hào dàng vast and mighty (of river or ocean) / broad and powerful 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) 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 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 洋 yáng ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin syn 烟海 煙海 yān hǎi the vast ocean 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 汗漫 hàn màn vast / without boundaries / power (of a river or ocean) 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 渊海 淵海 yuān hǎi (lit.) abyss and ocean / (fig.) vast and profound syn 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 