海纳百川 in English hai3 na4 bai3 chuan1 Meaning

Meanings

  • all rivers run into the sea
  • use different means to obtain the same result (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

海 纳 百 川

Traditional Characters

海 納 百 川

Pinyin

hai3 na4 bai3 chuan1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

海hai3surname Hai 纳na4surname Na 百bai3surname Bai 川chuan1abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川[Si4 chuan1] in southwest China