粵

西sai1學hok6

simp西学
sai1 hok6inferredXī xué

English

  1. Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing)
  2. also called 洋務運動|洋务运动

Examples

  • 程先生而家係法蘭西學術院嘅院士,但係佢初初嚟到法國嘅時候一句法文都唔識講。

    Mr Cheng, who is now a member of the Académie, didn't speak a word of French when he first arrived in France.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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