They considered it to be in the middle of the world and the most inportant country in the world.
Middle Country.
中国 [zhōng guó] middle - 中; country - 国
They considered China to be in the middle of the world and the most important country in the world.
They considered China to be in the middle of the world and the most important country in the world.
The Chinese call their country 中國(zhong1 guo2 - lit. middle country) because this was how the government referred to their centralized power during times where China was divided into many different "countries". So this name does not only refer to geographic location (while the users believed their location to be the center of civilization), but also to political affiliation.
China's history can be tracked back over 3,500 years, making it the oldest living civilization. The ancient Chinese called their land Chung Kuo or "middle country"
middle kingdom
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central country or middle kingdom
They named it the "Middle Kingdom," indicating that it was the center of the world.
China means old land and hard work. But you can only use it by using the beterian Chinese. The word 'China' in Chinese means the 'MIDDLE COUNTRY' and is pronounced as 'Zhong Guo',written as '中國'.
in the middle of the ocean