hǎi nà bǎi chuāndictionary entry
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all rivers run into the sea / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
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Original source entry:

海納百川 海纳百川 [hai3 na4 bai3 chuan1] /all rivers run into the sea/use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)/

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