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东帝汶
東帝汶
Dōngdìwèn
noun
#77,459
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1
Timor-Leste (East Timor, country in Southeast Asia)
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东
dōng
east
帝
dì
emperor; supreme
汶
wèn
a river name
东
(east) +
帝
汶
(Timor). 'Timor' comes from Malay/Indonesian for 'east,' so the full name literally means 'East East.'
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EN
东帝汶
是
亚洲
最
年轻
的
国家
之一
。
Dōngdìwèn shì Yàzhōu zuì niánqīng de guójiā zhī yī.
Timor-Leste is one of the youngest countries in Asia.
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The name is doubly redundant: 'Timor' means 'east' in Malay, and
东
also means 'east.' So
东帝汶
essentially means 'East East.'
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东
dōng
帝
dì
汶
wèn
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东道主
dōngdàozhǔ
HSK 7
#67,040
host (of an event or gathering) / host country/city
东边日出西边雨
dōngbiānrìchūxībiānyǔ
sun rises in the east while rain falls in the west — a paradoxical, mixed situation; or: feelings that are both 'there and not there' / literally: on the east side, the sun comes out; on the west side, rain
东方风来满眼春
dōngfāngfēngláimǎnyǎnchūn
the east wind blows and spring fills the eye / the east wind brings spring everywhere the eye can see
东风第一枝
dōngfēngdìyīzhī
first branch to bloom in the east wind / (fig.) the earliest harbinger of spring — often a plum blossom / (lit.) east-wind number-one branch / also the name of a classical 词牌 (cí tune pattern)
东风夜放花千树
dōngfēngyèfànghuāqiānshù
the east wind by night blooms a thousand trees of flowers / (of the Lantern Festival) lanterns blaze like spring blossoms overnight / (lit.) east wind at night releases a thousand trees of flowers
东区
dōngqū
#8,891
east district; eastern district / East Side (of a city)
东江
Dōngjiāng
#87,921
Dongjiang; East River (major tributary of the Pearl River in Guangdong)
东边
dōngbian
HSK 1
#10,398
east side / to the east
东
dōng
HSK 1
#1,924
east
东部
dōngbù
HSK 3
#6,225
eastern part / the east
东帝汶
Dōngdìwèn
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