侯門似海 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 侯门似海 hóuménsìhǎi ㄏㄡˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄙˋ ㄏㄞˇ the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom) lit. there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people fig. Character by character 侯(hóu)surname Hou 門(mén)surname Men 似(sì)seem 海(hǎi)surname Hai A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0