脱亚入欧
Traditional form:
脫亞入歐
Pinyin (reading):
tuō Yàrù Oū
Definitions:
- to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe
- refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan's subsequent colonization projects in Asia
Characters:
- 脱 - to take off, to shed; to escape from
- 亚 - Asia; second
- 入 - to enter, to come in; to join
- 欧 - Europe, ohm; surname
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