侯门似海

lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea / there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)

lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom) / fig. there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people

surname Hou

marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / nobleman or high official

marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / nobleman; high official

noble house

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

see 似的[shi4 de5]

to seem / to appear / to resemble / similar / -like / pseudo- / (more) than

old variant of 似[si4]

surname Hai

ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous