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東大
简 东大 · 繁 東大Mandarin · pinyin Dōng dà
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- (slang) China
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name
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 東南大學 (“Southeast University”)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 東北大學 (“Northeastern University (China)”)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 東京大學 (“University of Tokyo”)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 東國大學 (“Dongguk University”)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 東海大學 (“Tunghai University”)
- (historical) short for 東方勞動者共產主義大學 (“Communist University of the Toilers of the East, Moscow, USSR”)
- (Internet slang, neologism, humorous) Short for 某東方大國／某东方大国 (mǒu dōngfāng dàguó, “an unspecified oriental great power, mostly referring to China, sometimes India”)
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