| 宦海风波 |
huàn hǎi fēng bō |
lit. raging sea of bureaucracy / officials causing a big fuss |
| 宦 |
Huàn |
surname Huan |
| 宦 |
huàn |
imperial official / court eunuch |
| 宦海 |
huàn hǎi |
officialdom / bureaucracy |
| 海 |
Hǎi |
surname Hai |
| 海 |
hǎi |
ocean / sea / CL:个,片 / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous |
| 海风 |
hǎi fēng |
sea breeze / sea wind (i.e. from the sea) |
| 风 |
fēng |
wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:阵,丝 |
| 风波 |
fēng bō |
disturbance / crisis / disputes / restlessness / CL:场 |
| 波 |
Bō |
(bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波兰) / surname Bo |
| 波 |
bō |
wave / ripple / storm / surge |