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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

海阔天空 [hǎikuòtiānkōng]
  1. 1. [指自然] boundless
  2. 2. [无拘束] anything and everything
    他们海阔天空地聊了起来。
    They started chatting about anything and everything.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

海阔天空 [hǎikuòtiānkōng]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] as boundless as the sea and the sky; unrestrained and far-ranging
    海阔天空地聊个没完
    have a rambling chat about everything under the sun
    海阔天空地谈一通，不解决任何实际问题。
    indulge in far-ranging rambling discourse without solving any practical problems
    我们海阔天空、漫无边际地聊了一个晚上。
    退一步海阔天空，你就别再斤斤计较了。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

海阔天空 [hǎikuòtiānkōng]
  1. 1. 大海广阔无垠,天空寥廓无边。形容大自然广阔无边;也比喻想象、说话等无拘无束,不着边际。
See more results for 海阔天空 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

海阔天空地聊个没完
have a rambling chat about everything under the sun → 海阔天空
海阔天空地谈一通，不解决任何实际问题。
indulge in far-ranging rambling discourse without solving any practical problems → 海阔天空
我们海阔天空、漫无边际地聊了一个晚上。 → 海阔天空
退一步海阔天空，你就别再斤斤计较了。 → 海阔天空
何必钻牛角尖呢？退一步海阔天空。 → 何
他们海阔天空地聊了起来。
They started chatting about anything and everything. → 海阔天空
海阔天空 → 阔

Word Decomposition

海
[hǎi] 		+ 阔
[kuò] 		+ 天
[tiān] 		+ 空
[kōng]

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