十里洋場

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Chinese

ten li, a Chinese unit of length city overrun by foreign adventurers, or concessions in a city populated by foreigners
trad. (十里洋場) 洋場
simp. (十里洋场) 洋场

Pronunciation


Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 十里洋場

  1. the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements
  2. (figurative) bustling, cosmopolitan city