Bao hai, Bǎo hǎi, Báo hǎi: 3 definitions

寶海—【譬喻】功德之寶珠，甚多無數，不可測量，喻之以海。海土論偈曰：「功德大寶海。」

[pì yù] gōng dé zhī bǎo zhū, shén duō wú shù, bù kě cè liàng, yù zhī yǐ hǎi. hǎi tǔ lùn jì yuē: “gōng dé dà bǎo hǎi.”

[pi yu] gong de zhi bao zhu, shen duo wu shu, bu ke ce liang, yu zhi yi hai. hai tu lun ji yue: "gong de da bao hai."

[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]

薄海 [báo hǎi] [bao hai]—
1. Approaching the sea. From Records of the Grand Historian (史記 [shi ji]), Volume 17, "Table of Feudal Lords and Kings Since the Han Dynasty's Rise" (漢興以來諸侯王年表 [han xing yi lai zhu hou wang nian biao]): "South of Changshan (常山 [chang shan]), turning west at Daxing (大行 [da xing]), crossing the Yellow River (河 [he]) and Ji River (濟 [ji]), east of A (阿 [a]) and Zhen (甄 [zhen]) reaching the sea, forming the states of Qi (齊 [qi]) and Zhao (趙 [zhao])." From History of Ming (明史 [ming shi]), Volume 123, "Biography of Zhang Shicheng" (張士誠列傳 [zhang shi cheng lie chuan]): "At that time, the territory occupied by Shicheng (士誠 [shi cheng]) extended south to Shaoxing (紹興 [shao xing]), north beyond Xuzhou (徐州 [xu zhou]), reaching Jingou (金溝 [jin gou]) in Jining (濟寧 [ji ning]); west to the Ru (汝 [ru]), Ying (潁 [ying]), Hao (濠 [hao]), and Si (泗 [si]) rivers; and east reaching the sea, spanning over two thousand li with hundreds of thousands of armed soldiers."
2. All places within and outside the country; everywhere. For example: "On the National Day (國慶 [guo qing]) holiday, the whole world rejoices." From History of Song (宋史 [song shi]), Volume 133, "Treatise on Music 8" (樂志八 [le zhi ba]): "The Emperor performs the suburban sacrifice (褅郊 [ti jiao]) in the center of the heavens, and all corners of the world pay tribute (朝貢 [chao gong])." From Draft History of Qing (清史稿 [qing shi gao]), Volume 149, "Treatise on Transportation 1" (交通志一 [jiao tong zhi yi]): "Therefore, main roads (幹路 [gan lu]) were nationalized (收歸國有 [shou gui guo you]), and on the day the order was issued, the people (百姓 [bai xing]) everywhere would certainly have no concerns about obstruction (阻撓 [zu nao])."

báo hǎi:1. bī jìn yú hǎi. < shǐ jì． juǎn yī qī． hàn xìng yǐ lái zhū hóu wáng nián biǎo>: “cháng shān yǐ nán, dà xíng zuǒ zhuǎn, dù hé,, jì, ā,, zhēn yǐ dōng báo hǎi, wèi qí,, zhào guó.” < míng shǐ． juǎn yī èr sān． zhāng shì chéng liè chuán>: “dāng shì shí, shì chéng suǒ jù, nán dǐ shào xìng, běi yú xú zhōu, dá yú jì níng zhī jīn gōu, xī jù rǔ,, yǐng,, háo,, sì, dōng báo hǎi, èr qiān yú lǐ, dài jiǎ shù shí wàn.”
2. hǎi nèi wài gè de. rú: “guó qìng jiā jié, báo hǎi téng huān.” < sòng shǐ． juǎn yī sān sān． lè zhì bā>: “zhōng tiān tì jiāo, báo hǎi cháo gòng.” < qīng shǐ gǎo． juǎn yī sì jiǔ． jiāo tōng zhì yī>: “shì yǐ gàn lù shōu guī guó yǒu, mìng xià zhī rì, báo hǎi bǎi xìng, bì wú zǔ náo zhī lǜ.”

bao hai:1. bi jin yu hai. < shi ji. juan yi qi. han xing yi lai zhu hou wang nian biao>: "chang shan yi nan, da xing zuo zhuan, du he,, ji, a,, zhen yi dong bao hai, wei qi,, zhao guo." < ming shi. juan yi er san. zhang shi cheng lie chuan>: "dang shi shi, shi cheng suo ju, nan di shao xing, bei yu xu zhou, da yu ji ning zhi jin gou, xi ju ru,, ying,, hao,, si, dong bao hai, er qian yu li, dai jia shu shi wan."
2. hai nei wai ge de. ru: "guo qing jia jie, bao hai teng huan." < song shi. juan yi san san. le zhi ba>: "zhong tian ti jiao, bao hai chao gong." < qing shi gao. juan yi si jiu. jiao tong zhi yi>: "shi yi gan lu shou gui guo you, ming xia zhi ri, bao hai bai xing, bi wu zu nao zhi lu."