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遠東
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the Far East — typically used in collective reference to China, Japan, Korea and the Southeast Asian countries. Sometimes includes eastern Siberia and nations of the Indian subcontinent. More polically correct to refer this entity as "East Asia (東亞)" nowadays ("Far" from whose point of view?) Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:遠 jyun5 jyun6 - far away; distant; by far; keep away from東 dung1 - east ; host, master, owner; family name 2 compounds containing this word:遠東大學 - Far Eastern University遠東經濟評論 - Far Eastern Economic Review |
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