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下西洋

Mandarin · pinyin xià Xī yáng

to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和 Zhèng Hé to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)

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下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
洋: yáng · ocean, sea; foreign; western

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4–1–2 · xia4 Xi1 yang2

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