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海市蜃楼

hǎi shì shèn lóu

4-character word Traditional 海市蜃樓

What 海市蜃楼 means

1. idiom(lit. and fig.) mirage

The characters in 海市蜃楼

• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 市shìmarket; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 蜃shèngiant clam; (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of…
• 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor

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