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下西洋

xià Xī yáng

3-character word

What 下西洋 means

1. to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He {郑和|Zhèng Hé} to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)

The characters in 下西洋

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 西xīwest
• 洋yángocean; vast; foreign

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