粵

遠jyun5征zing1

simp远征
jyun5 zing1yuǎn zhēng

English

  1. an expedition, esp. military
  2. to mount a military expedition
  3. march to remote regions
  4. to compete at a faraway location

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 軍隊去一個遙遠嘅地方打仗
  2. 引申指選手去海外參賽,要去好遠嘅地方

Examples

  • 遠征倫敦奧運

    to compete at the London Olympics

  • 今次西域遠征非常成功,已經收復咗七成失地。

    Our campaign to the west is a tremendous success; we have already recovered seventy percent of lost territory. ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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