洋為中用
yáng​wéi​zhōng​yòng

to make foreign things serve China

  • created sense approved 洋为中用/洋為中用 · yáng​wéi​zhōng​yòng · to make foreign things serve China — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    洋为中用 / 洋為中用

    yáng​wéi​zhōng​yòng

    to make foreign things serve China

    to absorb and adapt useful things from abroad to serve China's needs

    洋 (literal) → 洋 · yáng · foreign 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · China 用 (literal) → 用 · yòng · to use

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

    created sense