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西洋景

Mandarin · pinyin xī yáng jǐng

see 西洋鏡 xī yáng jìng

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
洋: yáng · ocean, sea; foreign; western
景: jǐng · scenery, view; conditions

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1–2–3 · xi1 yang2 jing3

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noun

(historical) peepshow (sequence of pictures)
(figurative, derogatory) something novel and supposedly esoteric from abroad (which is actually trickery)

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