闖關東

cong2 gwaan1 dung1

literally: 'to brave the journey to Guandong', describes the rush of the Han Chinese population into Manchuria, especially from the Shandong Peninsula and Zhili, during the hundred-year period starting in the last half of the 19th century

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. literally: 'to brave the journey to Guandong', describes the rush of the Han Chinese population into Manchuria, especially from the Shandong Peninsula and Zhili, during the hundred-year period starting in the last half of the 19th century

Written Forms

闖關東Traditional · Main Form
闯关东Alternate Form

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