五口通商
wǔ​kǒu​tōng​shāng

opening of the five treaty ports

  • created sense approved 五口通商 · wǔ​kǒu​tōng​shāng · opening of the five treaty ports — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    五口通商

    wǔ​kǒu​tōng​shāng

    opening of the five treaty ports

    The historical opening of five Chinese ports to foreign trade following the 1842 [[南京条约|南京條約|nan2 jing1 tiao2 yue1]]; the ports included [[广州|廣州|guang3 zhou1]], [[福州|福州|fu2 zhou1]], [[宁波|寧波|ning2 bo1]], [[厦门|廈門|xia4 men2]], and [[上海|上海|shang4 hai3]]

    五 (literal) → 五 · wǔ · five 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · gateway 通商 (literal) → 通商 · tōng​shāng · trade relations

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