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丝绸之路

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4-character word Traditional 絲綢之路

What 丝绸之路 means

1. the Silk Road

The characters in 丝绸之路

• 丝sīsilk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips…
• 绸chóu(light) silk
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 路lùroad; journey; route

Example sentences

• 丝绸之路形成的初衷并非是贸易。
  Sīchóuzhī Lù xíngchéng de chūzhōng bìngfēi shì màoyì.
  The original purpose of the Silk Road was not for trade.