美索不达米亚

美索不達米亞
Měisuǒbùdámǐyà
Mesopotamia

CEDICT

  1. (historical) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)
  2. (historical) Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)
  3. Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)
  4. Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)

Wiktionary

西南亚的一个地区，位于幼发拉底河和底格里斯河之间，在这块平原上产生和发展的古文明是人类历史上已知最古老的文明

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 美 Měi
  1. (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲 Měizhōu)
  2. (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国 Měiguó)
2 索 suǒ
  1. to search
  2. to demand
  3. to ask
  4. to exact
  5. large rope
  6. isolated
3 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
4 达 dá
  1. to attain
  2. to reach
  3. to amount to
  4. to communicate
  5. eminent
5 米 mǐ
  1. uncooked rice
  2. meter (unit of length)
  3. (slang) Chinese yuan
6 亚 yà
  1. second
  2. next to
  3. inferior
  4. sub-
  5. Taiwan pr. yǎ

Related entries

两河流域 Liǎnghé Liúyù Mesopotamia
两河 Liǎnghé
  1. the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period)
  2. Mesopotamia