English Explanatory Dictionary

China hand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A 19th-century, non-Chinese merchant in the treaty ports of China.
  2. Anyone with expert knowledge of the language, culture, and people of China.

Word forms

China hand China hands
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