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  • blakeus12 [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    not sure if you read mandarin or not but i'm a complete beginner so bear with me:

    when describing the us, why do they not use 美国？

    • The_Jewish_Cuban [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      Could you point out where you're talking about that?

      The only two instances of the US being said is

      美国

      美国政府

      Which is America and American government respectively

      • blakeus12 [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        in the first post:

        美万

        or something, i can't recognize the second character but it looks very similar to 万, but with a dash

        • oregoncom [he/him]
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          5 months ago

          方, meaning direction. In this instance 美方 meaning "the American Side". Similarly, 甲方、乙方 are used in legal documents meaning Party A and Party B.

          https://qxk.bnu.edu.cn/#/danziDetail/49c12ccb-35cc-437b-af4a-3fe126df8fca/%E6%96%B9/22d3af76-1ffe-46da-8c28-40e7dfe6b8d2/0

        • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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          5 months ago

          Not pictured but you may also sometimes see 美帝 which means American Empire