opium; big smoke
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
opium; the dried latex of the opium poppy used as a narcotic drug
archaicVariant form of 鸦片/阿片, now considered archaic or historical. Commonly referred to as 大烟 (big smoke) in historical texts.
Yā雅
piàn片
zuì最
zǎo早
shì是
cóng从
Yìn印
dù度
chuán传
rù入
Zhōng中
guó国
de的
。
Opium was first introduced to China from India.
Qīng清
cháo朝
mò末
nián年
，
xī吸
shí食
yā雅
piàn片
bèi被
míng明
lìng令
jìn禁
zhǐ止
。
During the late Qing dynasty, smoking opium was explicitly banned.
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Yā雅
piàn片
zhàn战
zhēng争
shì是
Zhōng中
guó国
jìn近
dài代
shǐ史
de的
kāi开
duān端
。
The Opium War marked the beginning of modern Chinese history.