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Example sentences for: mei-li

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Consulting my Tz'u Hai (tz'u `word or phrase' + hai `sea' = “a sea of words/phrases”), I discover that the Chinese meikuo is actually short for mei-li chienho-chung-kuo.
Backtracking to the Chinese dictionary I find that mei-li comes from ya-mei-lichia.
The mei from mei-li = `American' and the kuo from chien-ho-chung-kuo = `firm(ly)-enclosing-all-nations' = `United States.