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中叶

zhōngyè

middle period; mid-century

A long road with a cinnabar red flag planted at its exact midpoint
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Characters in this word

中 zhōng

Strokes
4
Radical
丨 — vertical stroke
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 十九世纪中叶以后,沿海城市逐渐成为技术、资本和新思想交汇的前沿。 Shíjiǔ shìjì zhōngyè yǐhòu, yánhǎi chéngshì zhújiàn chéngwéi jìshù, zīběn hé xīn sīxiǎng jiāohuì de qiányán. After the mid-nineteenth century, coastal cities gradually became frontiers where technology, capital, and new ideas converged.
  • 这家剧院建于二十世纪中叶,至今仍很受欢迎。 Zhè jiā jùyuàn jiàn yú èrshí shìjì zhōngyè, zhìjīn réng hěn shòu huānyíng. This theater was built in the mid-twentieth century and is still very popular.
  • 这座古城在明朝中叶成为重要的商业中心。 Zhè zuò gǔchéng zài Míngcháo zhōngyè chéngwéi zhòngyào de shāngyè zhōngxīn. This ancient city became an important commercial center in the mid-Ming dynasty.

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