The sea embraces all rivers

The sea embraces all rivers

Haina Baichuan is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h à in à B à ichu à n, which means the sea can hold hundreds of rivers. The metaphor contains a wide range of things, and a large number of things (also refers to broad-minded). It comes from Yuan Hong's preface to the Three Kingdoms.

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Hong's preface to the famous ministers of the Three Kingdoms of Jin Dynasty, it is said that "if there are no shapes and utensils, there will be a square inch." Li Zhouhan notes: "the heart of a square inch is like the heart of the sea. It is said that it contains a wide range."

Idiom usage

The subject is a person. It means that someone has a broad mind and unlimited capacity. Example Lin Zexu wrote a couplet to the governor's office of Guangdong and Guangxi: "the sea embraces all rivers, and tolerance is great. If there is no desire, there will be nothing. Tolerance is great, from the book of history; without desire is just, from the Analects of Confucius.