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Definition
Vast sea; a boundless and majestic body of water.
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How it's used
Evokes a sense of overwhelming scale and depth, often used in literary or descriptive contexts to emphasize how small or insignificant one feels in comparison to nature. While it refers to the sea, it is rarely used in casual conversation to describe a simple trip to the beach, as it carries a more poetic or dramatic weight.
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Looking at this vast ocean, I feel very calm inside.
Their boat lost its way in the middle of the vast sea.
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Common phrases
vast, boundless ocean
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
