侯門似海

hóuménsìhǎi

the gate of a noble house is like the sea—impassable to the common man

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lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea, there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)

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侯門似海|侯门似海 [hóu mén sì hǎi] ► lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea ► there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)