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海纳百川

hǎi nà bǎi chuān · literally “the sea accepts a hundred rivers”

Meaning

Great openness — the capacity to accept many views, styles or people.

In a sentence

A good city is 海纳百川.

Usage note

Often used in mottos and slogans about inclusivity.

Where you see it in Brain Challenge

This idiom appears in the picture-idiom levels as a picture or number clue. When the clue shows numbers, the digits usually become the first characters of each half of the idiom — that is why so many chengyu start with 一, 三, 五, 七, 九 or 十.

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