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近代史

Mandarin · pinyin jìn dài shǐ

modern history (in Chinese historiography, from the Opium Wars to the fall of the Qing dynasty)

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近: jìn · near, close; approach; intimate
代: dài · replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation
史: shǐ · history, chronicle, annals

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4–4–3 · jin4 dai4 shi3

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modern history

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