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东交民巷

Dōng Jiāo mín Xiàng

4-character word Traditional 東交民巷

What 东交民巷 means

1. East Jiaomin Lane, a street in central Beijing and its surrounding district, formerly known as the Peking Legation Quarter, where foreign diplomatic missions were located during the period 1861–1959

The characters in 东交民巷

• 东dōngeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends…
• 民mín(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
• 巷xiànglane; alley