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大秦

Mandarin · pinyin Dà Qín

Han Dynasty term for the Roman Empire 羅馬帝國 Luó mǎ Dì guó

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
秦: qín · feudal state of Qin; the Qin dynasty (from which the name 'China' comes)

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(historical and archaic, speculative, imprecise designation in Chinese historiography) the Roman Empire; the City of Rome; etc.
(historical and archaic, imprecise designation in Chinese historiography) the Hellenistic or Greco-Roman world in general, the West
(historical and archaic, Chinese historiography) the Coele Syria or the Roman Levant; the Syria region under Roman dominion

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