十里洋场

十里洋场
shíyángchǎng

the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements

    • Shí Lǐ Yáng Chǎng was a byword for old Shanghai.

  2. noun

    (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city

    • Shanghai was once called the "Bund for ten miles" or "the foreign concessions district."

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Two intersecting strokes form a complete whole, symbolizing the number ten.

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