十里洋场
shí​lǐ​yáng​chǎng

ten-mile foreign field

  • created sense approved 十里洋场/十里洋場 · shí​lǐ​yáng​chǎng · ten-mile foreign field — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    十里洋场 / 十里洋場

    shí​lǐ​yáng​chǎng

    ten-mile foreign field

    Old Shanghai; specifically the former foreign concessions characterized by international trade and bustling streets; also used more broadly to describe any booming, cosmopolitan metropolis infested with foreign influence or luxury.

    shí​lǐ​yáng​cháng

    十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 里 (literal) → 里 · lǐ · li 洋场 (literal) → 洋场/洋場 · yáng​chǎng · foreign settlement

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense