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下西洋 (haa6 sai1 joeng4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

下西洋 (haa6 sai1 joeng4, xià Xī yáng) — to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 下下 (haa6 haa6) — often; always; regularly (spoken)
• 下世投胎 (haa6 sai3 tau4 toi1) — reincarnation
• 下中農 (haa6 zung1 nung4) — Low-middle class peasant
• 下乘 (haa6 sing6) — Inferior;bad quality
• 下人 (haa6 jan4) — servant
• 下低 (haa6 dai1) — (adverb; preposition) under; below; underneath; lower

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