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European plum (Prunus domestica), esp. prune plum / prune; dried prune
uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages)
Greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas
generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings)
countable noun (in grammar of European languages)
European (person)
Indo-European (person)
European Union / EU
Indo-European (language)
north Europe / Scandinavia
European Parliament
Europe (abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲)
continent of Europe
Europe / Europa
Europe and Asia / Eurasia
Hapsburg (European dynasty)
Europe and America; the West
Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher
European Council
European Community, old term for EU, European Union 歐盟|欧盟
Sino-European
Central Europe
in the European style / Euclidean
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  *欧* | 欧* | *欧
Europe (abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲) / surname Ou
Indo-European (language)
Eastern Europe
Indo-European (language)
Commission of European Union
the Schengen area, a passport-free zone in Europe
Ever Victorious Army (1860-1864), Qing dynasty army equipped and trained jointly with Europeans and used esp. against the Taiping rebels
European Central Bank
Europol (European Police Office)
princess (in Europe)
North Sea (in Europe) / historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖|贝加尔湖, Russia
Lapland (northern Europe)
European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva
European Union (EU)
the Iwakura mission (Japanese diplomatic and exploratory mission to US and Europe of 1871)
Bohemia, historical region in Central Europe / bohemian (i.e. artistic and unconventional)
to withdraw from the European Union / abbr. for 脫離歐盟|脱离欧盟
the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia
(bird species of China) European herring gull (Larus argentatus)
(name) Gutenberg / Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400–1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press / Beno Gutenberg (1889–1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale
Carpathian Mountains, 1500-km mountain range in Central and Eastern Europe
European Cup (e.g. soccer)
the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia
Indo-European family of languages
final sound of a syllable / rhyme (e.g. in European languages)
Southern Europe
witch (esp. European)
chancellor (rank in various European states)
Dutch studies (study of Europe and the world in premodern Japan)
past participle (in European grammar)
Ariane (name) / Ariane European space launch vehicle
Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
European-style bread; (esp.) sourdough bread (abbr. for 歐洲麵包|欧洲面包)
European TV / Eurovision
abbr. for 歐洲共同體|欧洲共同体, European Community (old term for the EU, European Union)
European Space Agency (ESA)
turbot / European imported turbot / same as 大菱鮃|大菱鲆
European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva
US and EU / America-Europe
Sava River, flowing through Southeast Europe
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *茈* | 茈* | *茈
Common Gromwell or European stoneseed (Lithospermum officinale)
European Court of Justice
Soviet-occupied area (of Eastern Europe etc)
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Great European Scholar (honorific title of Matteo Ricci)
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
(bird species of China) European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Ursula von der Leyen (1958-), German politician, president of the European Commission from 2019
Europe / abbr. to 歐洲|欧洲
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded by the European Parliament annually since 1988
Western European Union (WEU)
leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
East European Plain
(bird species of China) European roller (Coracias garrulus)
decadents (of the Decadent movement of late 19th century Europe)
Marshall (name) / George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), US general in WWII and Secretary of State 1947-1949, author of the postwar Marshall plan for Europe and Nobel peace laureate
(bird species of China) European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
(bird species of China) European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Western Europe
Junker (German aristocracy) / Jean-Claude Juncker (1954-), Luxembourgish politician, prime minister of Luxembourg 1995-2013, president of the European Commission 2014-2019
European common market (old term for EU, European Union)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953-1961
European poplar (Populus tremula)
Eurasian land bridge (rail line linking China and Europe)
(bird species of China) European greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
the West (Europe and North America) / countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)
Queen Dowager (in Europe) / widowed queen / Queen mother
Saracen Empire (medieval European name for Arab empire)
(bird species of China) European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
(bird species of China) European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)
European Free Trade Association
to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe / refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan's subsequent colonization projects in Asia
Mentos, a brand of candy produced by European company Perfetti Van Melle
Ryder Cup (US and Europe golf team competition)
(of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc
Maas or Meuse River, Western Europe
the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France)

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