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Change log entry 69155
Processed by: goldyn_chyld (2020-02-11 06:14:48 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 65449 - submitted by 'sl89' >>
* Ocean — not necessarily plural.
* Silver dollar — in English, "yuan" generally refers to renminbi, the old silver coin is usually called a "silver dollar". Cf. 银元.

ChinaKnowledge.de has good, extensive articles on pre-modern money in China, see http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Terms/cash-qing.html#silverdollars for the section on silver dollars.


【Wenlin】
n.
① ocean
② silver dollar

【LAC】
1. 地球表面被海水覆盖的广大区域。
| 七大洲,五~。
2. 旧时流通的银质圆形货币。也作「洋钱」、「洋银」、「银元」、「银圆」、「银洋」、「现洋」、「现大洋」。

【MoE】
1. 旧时一元银币,俗称为「大洋」。
2. 地球表面被海水所掩而甚深广的部分。如太平洋、大西洋等。


Singular 大洋 ocean:
这就是想在坐在一只漂流在大洋深处的小船一样,没有了舵,你所能盼望的只是能找到一块稳固的、安全的陆地。
It is like being helpless in a rudderless boat in the midst of the ocean, and all you want is some steady and safe land.

为什么你要越过大洋,那是你的事情。
Why you’re moving across the ocean is your business.

从佛罗里达半岛往东几百英里,大洋的那一小部分水域被称为马尾藻海。
Several hundred miles eastward from Florida there is a part of the ocean called the Sargasso Sea.
Diff:
- 大洋 大洋 [da4 yang2] /oceans/silver yuan/
+ 大洋 大洋 [da4 yang2] /ocean/(old) silver dollar/
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