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Breakdown of chuugoku
country
国
Enclose a ball and call it a country. Who decides what a country is anyway?
middle; inside
中
Above the middle of your mouth there's a line called the philtrum.
Usages of chuugoku
中国 へ よく 行きます。chuugoku e yoku ikimasu.
I often go to China.
中国 および 日本 も 王 が いません。chuugoku oyobi nihon mo ou ga imasen.
China and Japan also do not have a king.
中国語chuugokugo
Chinese language
中国人chuugokujin
Chinese person
去年、 大学 の 友達たち と 一緒 に 中国 に 行った。kyonen, daigaku no tomodachitachi to issho ni chuugoku ni itta.
I went to China together with my friends from university last year.
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