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波將金村
bo1 zoeng1 gam1 cyun1
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Potemkin village: these were purportedly fake settlements erected at the direction of Russian minister Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin to fool Empress Catherine II during her visit to Crimea in 1787. According to this story, Potemkin, who led the Crimean military campaign, had hollow facades of villages constructed along the desolate banks of the Dnieper River in order to impress the monarch and her travel party with the value of her new conquests, thus enhancing his standing in the empress's eyes. [source: Wikipedia]  Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:波 bo1 - waves; unexpected changes; ball; gear將 zoeng1 zoeng3 - going to; about to; will; general 金 gam1 - gold 村 cyun1 - village; countryside; hamlet |
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