茶马互市
Traditional form:
茶馬互市
Pinyin (reading):
Chámǎhùshì
Definitions:
- old tea-horse market between Tibet, China, Southeast Asia and India, formalized as a state enterprise under the Song dynasty
Characters:
- 茶 - tea; tea leaves; tea plant
- 马 - horse; surname
- 互 - mutually, reciprocally
- 市 - city, town; market, fair; to trade
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