新大陸

简 新大陆 · 繁 新大陸
Mandarin · pinyin xīn dà lù

Meanings

  1. the New World
  2. the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸 jiù dà lù or Eurasia
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新
xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
陸
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陆
lù · land, continental; army
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1–4–4 · xin1 da4 lu4

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san1 daai6 luk6

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name

  1. New World, usually the Americas

noun

  1. (figurative) discovery of a new field, new branch

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新大陸 · xin1 da4 lu4
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Exact source record新大陸 新大陆 [xin1 da4 lu4] /the New World/the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia/