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Chinatown

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++Chi·na·town /ˈtʃaɪnətaʊn/ noun [singular, uncountable]  AREAan area in a city where there are Chinese restaurants and shops, and where a lot of Chinese people live 中国城,华人区,唐人街
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ChinatownThe driver was still laughing. Chinatown was too hot even for me.Trained as a draftsman, he wandered into Old Chinatown and attempted to make some sketches of it.If you ask tourists, the alleyways are a quaint remnant of old Chinatown.Ken Hom - pictured in London's Chinatown - returned to his cultural roots for his latest book.The space Chinatown opens on to is the space of interpretation itself, a space Polanski creates and protects for the viewer.How is what he did very much different than what Chinatown gangs did?
Chi·na·town nounChineseSyllable
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Chinatown
Chinatown /ˈtʃaɪnətaʊn/ noun [singular, uncountable]
an area in a city where there are Chinese restaurants and shops, and where a lot of Chinese people live


China·townBrE /ˈtʃaɪnətaʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃaɪnətaʊn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] the area of a city where many people of Chinese origin live and there are Chinese shops/stores and restaurants 唐人街;中国城