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下海

xià hǎi

2-character word

What 下海 means

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)

The characters in 下海

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things

Words containing 下海

• 夸下海口kuā xia hǎi kǒusee 夸海口

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