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    3. 四大文明

    四大文明

    四よん大だい文ぶん明めい

    the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt; as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)

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    よんだいぶんめい

    Noun

    1.
    the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt; as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)
    historical term

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    Kanji that make up this word

    四
    よん・よ・よ.つ・よっ.つ…(4)
    four
    大
    おお-・おお.きい・-おお.いに…(15)
    large・big
    文
    ふみ・あや…(5)
    sentence・literature・style・art・decoration…(3)
    明
    あ.かり・あか.るい・あか.るむ・あか.らむ・あき.らか・あ.ける…(18)
    bright・light
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