Sentence examples for hai from inspiring English sources

You can see buses and rickshaws jostle for space with pedestrians as hawkers shout out their wares, like the juice seller who sings adapted Hindi film songs beneath the Bandra West skywalk - Jumme ke raat hai, mango bhi saath hai (It's Friday night, and you have a mango drink with you).

Now he is a senior executive at Huawei, a Chinese telecoms giant, enticed back by the chance to help build a world-class multinational.Mr Li seems the perfect example of a sea turtle, or hai gui (in Mandarin, the phrase "return across the sea" sounds similar to that animal's name), long applauded in China for bringing back advanced skills.

So great are the numbers that there is a derogatory term for those who are unable to find work: hai dai, which means seaweed but also sounds like "[returning from] abroad and waiting .The growth rate in the numbers going abroad to study may prove difficult to sustain at such high levels in the years ahead.

Wags say they should now be called hai dai, or seaweed.

"Diving into the sea" of commerce, or xia hai as it is known, became accepted as the way to make money and get ahead, and interest in government jobs declined.

The veteran Bollywood director, Yash Chopra, passed away this week at the age of 80. His death came just weeks before his much anticipated new release, Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012) was due to hit the big screen.

That lukewarm phrase has been widely interpreted to mean Mr Gandhi is ready at last but first his party must manage to win the vote.In this section Surrounded by sharks Hai-handed Watery sunrise End of a scourge Against the grain No ordinary Jokowi ReprintsSonia's son has already been pulled high up the greasy pole, even as he laments the rise.

Today Vietnam's $4 billion in rice exports (see chart) accounts for more than a fifth of the global total.In this section Surrounded by sharks Hai-handed Watery sunrise End of a scourge Against the grain No ordinary Jokowi ReprintsParty officials trumpet their "rice first" agricultural policies.

He said China was "unilaterally threatening the existing international order".In this section Surrounded by sharks Hai-handed Watery sunrise End of a scourge Against the grain No ordinary Jokowi ReprintsNot so, argued the Chinese.

Multinationals are also competing for talent with China's domestic companies, which need to improve the quality of their people as their markets open to foreign rivals.Chinese people returning from overseas (lyrically named hai-gui or "sea turtles") are plugging some of the shortages, particularly at the most senior levels.

And indeed, many expect Jokowi to be Indonesia's next president, after a five-yearly election to be held in July.In this section Surrounded by sharks Hai-handed Watery sunrise End of a scourge Against the grain No ordinary Jokowi Reprints Related topics Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono B.J. Rosenberg Jakarta Politics Government and politicsIn fact, Jokowi is not yet even a candidate.