“世界上有三种人，一为男人，二为女人，三为女博士。大专生是赵敏，本科生是黄蓉，硕士生是李莫愁，博士生是灭绝师太，博士后是东方不败。白天愁论文，晚上愁嫁人。男人不要女博士，导师苛刻女博士，用人单位拒签女博士.”

Anonymous

This is a quote that I received by email from a colleague – very wise.

人山人海

This is one of the first idioms (成语) that I learned in Chinese. Since then, I’ve used it dozens of times to the amusement of Chinese people within earshot. It literally means: “People are the mountain and the sea”. It means an enormous crowd that appears landscape-like.