第二岛链

Traditional: 第二島鏈

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Dictionary entry

(geopolitics) Second Island Chain, strategic arc of islands stretching from Japan's Bonin Islands to Guam and Papua New Guinea

What does 第二岛链 mean?

第二岛链 (Dì èr Dǎo liàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(geopolitics) Second Island Chain, strategic arc of islands stretching from Japan's Bonin Islands to Guam and Papua New Guinea

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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 二èrtwo · 2 岛dǎovariant of 島|岛[dao3]链liànchain · cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m)

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