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马噶尔尼使团

Mǎ gá ěr ní shǐ tuándictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
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-7a576c27635127ef. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

馬噶爾尼使團 马噶尔尼使团 [Ma3 ga2 er3 ni2 shi3 tuan2] /the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793/

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Other forms in these source records: 馬噶爾尼使團

  • 马
    mǎ

    horse / CL:匹[pǐ] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess

    Mǎ

    surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Mǎ lái xī yà]

  • 噶
    gá

    phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds) / Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha / (dialect) final particle similar to 了[le] (esp. in Yunnan)

  • 尔
    ěr

    thus / so / like that / you / thou

  • 尼
    ní

    Buddhist nun / (often used in phonetic spellings)

  • 使
    shǐ

    to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger

  • 团
    tuán

    round / lump / ball / to roll into a ball / to gather / regiment / group / society / classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) / dumpling

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