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闖關東 (cong2 gwaan1 dung1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

闖關東 (cong2 gwaan1 dung1, chuǎng Guān dōng) — literally: 'to brave the journey to Guandong', describes the rush of the Han Chinese population into Manchuria, especially from the Shandong Peninsula and Zhili, during the hundred-year period starting in the last half of the 19th century

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 闖將 (cong2 zoeng3) — someone who is daring to venture forward; a daring general; a pathbreaker
• 闖江湖 (cong2 gong1 wu4) — make a living wandering from place to place
• 闖蕩 (cong2 dong6) — to leave home to make a living
• 闖 (cam3) — to stick one's head out; to peep
• 闖 (cong2) — to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battl…
• 闖 (cong3) — to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battl…

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