| 脱亚入欧 |
tuō Yà rù Ōu |
to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe / refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan's subsequent colonization projects in Asia |
| 脱 |
tuō |
to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from |
| 亚 |
Yà |
Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Ya3] |
| 亚 |
yà |
second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3] |
| 入 |
rù |
to enter; to go into / to join; to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时) / abbr. for 入声 / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") |
| 欧 |
Ōu |
Europe (abbr. for 欧洲) / surname Ou |
| 欧 |
ōu |
(used for transliteration) / old variant of 讴 |