下西洋
Traditional form:
下西洋
Pinyin (reading):
xià Xīyáng
Definitions:
- to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和／郑和 ( Zhèng Hé) to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)
Characters:
- 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
- 西 - west, western, westward
- 洋 - sea, ocean; western, foreign
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