【老外說七海 seven seas 老中道四海 four seas 是咋回事兒?】

 

中國人所說的 四海, 五湖四海

包括:

東海 (渤 黃 東海),

南海, 

北海 (貝加爾湖),

西海 (青海湖, 天池, 地中海)

 

The Seven Seas in European medieval literature

中世紀時  歐亞文獻裏的 七海

Seven seas:

• the Adriatic Sea
• the Mediterranean Sea, including its marginal seas, notably
• the Aegean Sea,Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea and Tyrrhenian Sea.
• the Black Sea
• the Caspian Sea
• the Persian Gulf
• the Arabian Sea (which is part of the Indian Ocean)
• the Red Sea, including the closed Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee
•  

The Seven Seas in medieval times also included:

• the Atlantic Ocean
• the Aegean Sea
• the Indian Ocean
• the North Sea
•  

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自 19世紀以來, 老外所說的 7海 包括:

 

Before modern reckoning, the term "Seven Seas" has been used to refer to

seven of the largest bodies of water in the world:

• the Pacific Ocean
• the Atlantic Ocean
• the Indian Ocean
• the Arctic Ocean
• the Mediterranean Sea
• the Caribbean Sea
• the Gulf of Mexico

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The "Seven Seas" (as in the idiom "sail the Seven Seas") is an ancient phrase

for all the world's oceans.

Since the 19th century, the term has been taken to include seven oceanic bodies of water:

• the Arctic Ocean
• the North Atlantic Ocean
• the South Atlantic Ocean
• the Indian Ocean
• the North Pacific Ocean
• the South Pacific Ocean
• the Southern (or Antarctic) Ocean