Outer Manchuria

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专有名词
  1. The part of Russia near northeastern China (including Primorsky Krai and other nearby areas) which was annexed by the Russian Empire in the mid 19th century understood as part of Manchuria; similar or equivalent to Russian Manchuria. neologism
    — In particular, Elliot found himself confronted by a redoubtable opponent in Count Nikolai Pavlovich Ignatyev, the Russian Ambassador to the Sublime Porte. Ignatyev was cunning, agile and bold. He had had adventures aplenty and narrow escapes in Central Asia, where he had sought to build Russian influence. A particularly nimble piece of diplomacy had led to his acquiring Outer Manchuria from the Chinese Emperor.
  2. Any proverbially distant or remote place. figuratively
    — "Fine. Give me your manuscript and in an hour I’ll come back with forty copies. You can sign the first one for your Australian neighbor, and he’ll wedge open his skylight with it. You’ve got the wrong period, Ivan! These days the most popular man in France is a footballer, not a poet . . ." "In some countries that period survives!" "Really? In Outer Manchuria, I suppose." "No. In Russia . . ."
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see outer, Manchuria (a region of northeast China and Manchuria)
    — Zhang Xinxin was born in 1953 in Nanjing, but not long after her birth, her family moved to Beijing. Like many urban youth of her generation, she was sent to a military farm in the Great Northern Wilderness of outer Manchuria to accept education from farmers and soldiers during the Cultural Revolution in 1969. In 1979, at age twenty-six, she passed the college entrance exam and entered the Central Academy of Drama.

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相关词
South Manchuria Russian Manchuria
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Inner Manchuria

词源

From outer + Manchuria. The 21st century sense referring to territories ceded by China to Russia in the 19th century ^((please verify)) was created with the creation of a Wikipedia article in May 2004 for Outer Manchuria; it may be an instance of citogenesis. The same article ^((please verify)) is the source of Inner Manchuria referring to Manchuria (all northeast China).
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