Chinese Vocabulary
下南洋
go down to Nanyang (Southeast Asia)
xià Nányáng
Usage
A historical idiom: 'to go down (south) to Nanyang.' Refers to the 18th–20th century waves of Chinese, especially from Fujian and Guangdong, emigrating by ship to Southeast Asia for work. Often one-way.
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