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下海

xià hǎi

C1–C2 Level 7

下海 (xià hǎi) is a Chinese word meaning “to go out to sea”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to go out to sea
  2. to enter the sea (to swim etc)
  3. (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)

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Related words at this level

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).