Paris of the East

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the Paris of the East Parises of the East 复数

释义与例句

n.
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    A major city that is considered as magnificent or culturally significant as Paris.

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name
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    Former nickname for Bucharest: the capital and largest city of Romania.

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    Former nickname for Casablanca: a major city in Morocco.

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    Former nickname for Lahore: a major city in modern Pakistan; in use during the time of the British Raj.

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    Former nickname for Phnom Penh: the capital and largest city of Cambodia.

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    Former nickname for Hanoi: a major city in Vietnam.

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    Former nickname for Shanghai: a major port city and direct-administered municipality of China.

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    1934 — Anon., All About Shanghai: A Standard Guidebook, The University Press, Shanghai. 1983 reed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, →ISBN. p. 73; What odds whether Shanghai is the Paris of the East or Paris the Shanghai of the Occident ?

词源

Usually a calque of French Paris de l'Orient, praising a location for its supposed resemblance to the glamor and nightlife of 19th-century Paris.

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