第一岛链

Traditional: 第一島鏈

Dì yī Dǎo liàn

Dictionary entry

(geopolitics) First Island Chain, strategic arc of islands including Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines

What does 第一岛链 mean?

第一岛链 (Dì yī Dǎo liàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(geopolitics) First Island Chain, strategic arc of islands including Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines

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第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth") · (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed 一yīone · single 岛dǎovariant of 島|岛[dao3]链liànchain · cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m)

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