wāng yáng

汪 洋

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NHSK 789－3

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1
n.(of a body of water) vast; boundless; immense
- wāng yáng dà hǎi
  汪洋大海
  vast ocean
- xiàn jìn rén mín zhàn zhēng de wāng yáng dà hǎi zhī zhōng
  陷进人民战争的汪洋大海之中
  fall into the ocean of the people's war
- hé shuǐ màn guò dī àn biàn chéng le yī piàn wāng yáng yān mò le xiǎo zhèn
  河水漫过堤岸，变成了一片汪洋，淹没了小镇。
  The river flooded its banks and morphed into a giant sea that swamped the town.
synonym
hào hàn浩瀚
2
adj.fml(of one's mind) magnanimous; broad-minded; open-minded; generous
- dà dù wāng yáng
  大度汪洋
  with immense generosity

common measure word
"汪洋" is often matched with measure word "片".
- 一片汪洋
  one broad expanse of water

汪洋