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海待

hǎi dài

2-character word

What 海待 means

1. student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on {海带|hǎi dài})
2. cf. {海归|hǎi guī}

The characters in 海待

• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with

Sounds the same

Read hǎi dài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 海带kelp
• 海岱Haidai, historical region extending from the Bohai Sea to Mt Tai in Shandong