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Chinese Exclusion Act, a US law restricting Chinese immigration from 1882-1943
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Original source entry:

排華法案 排华法案 [pai2 Hua2 fa3 an4] /Chinese Exclusion Act, a US law restricting Chinese immigration from 1882-1943/

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Other forms in these source records: 排華法案

  • 排
    pái

    to arrange in order / to line up / to exclude / to eliminate / to repel / to expel / to discharge / (literary) to push aside / to force open / to rehearse / row / line / platoon / (bound form) steak / chop / (bound form) raft / classifier for rows or lines (of people or things)

  • 华
    huā

    flower

    huá

    magnificent / splendid / flowery

    Huá

    abbr. for China

    Huà

    Mount Hua 華山|华山[Huà Shān] in Shaanxi / surname Hua

  • 法
    fǎ

    law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家[Fǎ jiā]) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fǎ lā])

    Fǎ

    France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国[Fǎ guó] / Taiwan pr. [Fà]

  • 案
    àn

    (legal) case / incident / record / file / table

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