Hǎi kuò cóng yú yuè; tiān kōng rèn niǎo fēi.

海闊從魚躍, 天空任鳥飛。

Lit The sea is so broad [that] fish may swim freely, [and] the sky so vast [that] birds may fly as they will.

Fig The world is full of boundless opportunities. “The sky's the limit.”

Note [Cf. JW, chap. 84, and the chengyu: hǎikuò-tiānkōng, from a poem by the Tang dynasty monk Xuan Lan.]

Topics chengyu hǎikuò-tiānkōng JW OPPORTUNITY Xuan_Lan