茶马互市
Chá mǎ hù shì
Pinyin

Definition

茶马互市
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Chá mǎ hù shì
  1. old tea-horse market between Tibet, China, Southeast Asia and India, formalized as a state enterprise under the Song dynasty

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

hù fěn
  1. 1 to follow each other's accounts (on Weibo etc)
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 CL:座[zuò]
shì qū
  1. 1 urban district
  2. 2 downtown
  3. 3 city center
shì chǎng
  1. 1 marketplace
  2. 2 market (also in abstract)
shì mín
  1. 1 city resident
chá
  1. 1 tea
  2. 2 tea plant
  3. 3 CL:杯[bēi],壺|壶[hú]
chāo shì
  1. 1 supermarket
  2. 2 abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā]
shàng shì
  1. 1 to hit the market (of a new product)
  2. 2 to float (a company on the stock market)
Shàng hǎi shì
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪
  1. 1 mutual
Hù zhù
  1. 1 Huzhu Tuzu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[Hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai
hù dòng
  1. 1 to interact
  2. 2 interactive
hù huì
  1. 1 mutual benefit
  2. 2 mutually beneficial
  3. 3 reciprocal
hù huàn
  1. 1 to exchange
hù xiāng
  1. 1 each other
  2. 2 mutually
  3. 3 mutual
hù lián
  1. 1 interconnected
Hù lián wǎng
  1. 1 Internet
Fó shān shì
  1. 1 Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng]
lì shì
  1. 1 business profit
  2. 2 auspicious
  3. 3 lucky
  4. 4 small sum of money offered on festive days
fù shì zhǎng
  1. 1 deputy mayor

Idioms (13)

三茶六饭
sān chá liù fàn
  1. 1 lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
  2. 2 to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
互别苗头
hù bié miáo tou
  1. 1 to compete with (idiom) (Tw)
  2. 2 to pit oneself against
互为因果
hù wéi yīn guǒ
  1. 1 mutually related karma (idiom); fates are intertwined
  2. 2 interdependent
互相推诿
hù xiāng tuī wěi
  1. 1 mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other
  2. 2 passing the buck to and fro
  3. 3 each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
互诉衷肠
hū sù zhōng cháng
  1. 1 to confide in each other (idiom)
互通有无
hù tōng yǒu wú
  1. 1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
  2. 2 to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls
  3. 3 to reciprocate with material assistance
  4. 4 scratch each other's back
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
  1. 1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
残茶剩饭
cán chá shèng fàn
  1. 1 spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom); remains after a meal
  2. 2 crumbs from the feast
绑赴市曹
bǎng fù shì cáo
  1. 1 to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
茶饭不思
chá fàn bù sī
  1. 1 no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
  2. 2 to have no appetite
茶饭无心
chá fàn wú xīn
  1. 1 no heart for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
  2. 2 to have no appetite
门庭若市
mén tíng ruò shì
  1. 1 front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom)
  2. 2 a place with many visitors

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