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強國

简强国 · 繁強國

Mandarin · pinyin qiáng guó#

powerful country; great power

Mandarin · pinyin Qiáng guó#

(ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage)

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強: qiáng · strong, powerful, energetic
國: Look up this written character
强: qiáng · strong, powerful, energetic
国: guó · nation, country, nation-state

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2–2 · qiang2 guo2

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koeng4 gwok3

Cantonese word readings for 強國. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

powerful nation; powerful country; power
tyrannical state

name

(Cantonese, Hong-Kong, sarcastic) nickname for the People's Republic of China: a country in Asia

verb

(Cantonese, Hong-Kong, sarcastic) to make one's country more powerful

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