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第一岛链

Dì yī Dǎo liàn

4-character word Traditional 第一島鏈

What 第一岛链 means

1. (geopolitics) First Island Chain, strategic arc of islands including Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines

The characters in 第一岛链

• 第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六…
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 岛dǎoisland
• 链liànchain; cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m)…

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