地球村
dì​qiú​cūn

global village

  • created reference approved 地球村 → 座 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    地球村 dì​qiú​cūn

    座 zuò

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 地球村 · dì​qiú​cūn · global village — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    地球村

    dì​qiú​cūn

    global village

    A metaphor for the world as modern technology and communications have made people more interconnected and shrunk the perceived distance between countries.

    地球 (literal) → 地球 · dì​qiú · the earth 村 (literal) → 村 · cūn · village

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

    created sense