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美洲大陆

Měi zhōu dà lùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
the Americas / North and South American continents
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-43f5a5ae37119b6c. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

美洲大陸 美洲大陆 [Mei3 zhou1 da4 lu4] /the Americas/North and South American continents/

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Other forms in these source records: 美洲大陸

  • 美
    měi

    beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself

    Měi

    (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó])

  • 洲
    zhōu

    continent / island in a river

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 陆
    liù

    six (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

    lù

    (bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)

    Lù

    surname Lu

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.