foreign affairs (in Qing times); foreign learning
ocean floor; bottom of the ocean
foreign religion (esp. Western Christianity in Qing China)
foreign language (esp. Western) (old)
western style guns (in former times)
black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
trendy; fashionable; foreign styles and trends
vast; impressive; self-satisfied; immensely pleased with oneself
brimming with; steeped in
(bird species of China) Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
children's game played with illustrated cards; pogs; menko (Japan)
social gaffe or blunder; faux pas; see
出洋相
terrible pain; torture; (coll.) pain suffered at the hand of foreigners
onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion
foreign language (esp. Western)
foreign money; flat silver (former coinage); also written 銀元|银元
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing
doll (of Western appearance)
black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
(lit.) ocean drifting people; job-hopping foreigner
children's game played with illustrated cards; pogs; menko (Japan)
cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries)
love apple; wax apple; Syzygium samarangense (botany)
foreign devil; term of abuse for Westerners
college of Western learning in late Qing
to idolize foreign things
(literary) to gaze in the air
to study abroad (old term); same as 留學|留学
the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)
distant seas; the open ocean (far from the coast)
flat silver (former coinage); also written 銀元|银元
to sail West (from China); refers to Zhenghe's 15th century expeditions to the Western Pacific
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
to make a fool of oneself
cruiser (warship); battle cruiser
rose acacia (Robinia hispida, a false acacia)
watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
(old) peep show; (fig.) hanky-panky; trickery
the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements; (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
combining native and foreign methods
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
joyfully satisfied; to be immensely proud of oneself; proudly; an air of complacency
to travel across the oceans
ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)