昊 hào vast and limitless / the vast sky syn 三个和尚没水喝 三個和尚沒水喝 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.) 汪洋 wāng yáng vast body of water / CL:片[pian4] syn 浩 hào grand / vast (water) syn 渺 miǎo (of an expanse of water) vast / distant and indistinct / tiny or insignificant syn 泓 hóng clear / vast and deep / classifier for a body of clear water syn 漭 mǎng vast / expansive (of water) 濊 huì vast / expansive (as of water) 清水 qīng shuǐ fresh water / drinking water / clear water 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 吃水 chī shuǐ drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship) syn 水枪 水槍 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 水渍 水漬 shuǐ zì water spot / water stain / wet spot / damp patch / water damage 轻水 輕水 qīng shuǐ light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆 吸附水 xī fù shuǐ pellicular water / hygroscopic water / sorption water 蕹菜 wèng cài water spinach / ong choy / swamp cabbage / water convolvulus / water morning-glory / Ipomoea aquatica (botany) 非洲部长级水事理事会 African Ministerial Council on Water / African Ministers' Council on Water / African Ministerial Conference on Water 非洲部长级水事会议 African Ministerial Council on Water / African Ministers' Council on Water / African Ministerial Conference on Water 世界水设想－大家的共同事务 World Water Vision - Making Water Everybody's Business / World Water Vision 薄膜水 pellicular water / hygroscopic water / sorption water 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 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 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 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 祁 qí large / vast 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 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 澒 hòng vast / infinite 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 