- the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements
- (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
Characters
- 十 (十): ten; 10
- 里 (裏): variant of 裡|里[li3]
- 洋 (洋): ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin
- 场 (場): threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
Resources
- Wiktionary: 十里洋场
- MDBG: 十里洋场
- Examples with 十里洋场 on Tatoeba
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