layer upon layer of ocean; distant seas
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
distant or vast oceans; across the seas
literaryA literary term used to poetically describe great expanses of ocean or a journey across them. It often implies great distance or separation.
Wèi为
le了
qiú求
xué学
，
tā他
yuǎn远
shè涉
chóng重
yáng洋
，
lái来
dào到
le了
Měi美
guó国
。
In order to pursue his studies, he traveled across the distant seas and came to America.
Yī一
wān湾
hǎi海
xiá峡
，
gé隔
bù不
duàn断
liǎng两
àn岸
tóng同
bāo胞
kuà跨
yuè越
chóng重
yáng洋
de的
sī思
niàn念
。
A strait cannot sever the longing that fellow countrymen across the seas have for each other.
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Tā他
de的
mèng梦
xiǎng想
shì是
háng航
xíng行
chóng重
yáng洋
，
tàn探
suǒ索
wèi未
zhī知
de的
shì世
jiè界
。
His dream is to sail across the vast oceans and explore the unknown world.