通商口岸
Traditional form:
通商口岸
Pinyin (reading):
tōngshāngkǒu'àn
Definitions:
- treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers
Characters:
- 通 - to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
- 商 - commerce, business, trade
- 口 - mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 岸 - beach, coast, shore
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