商队 (shāng duì) — trade caravan; caravan of merchants
Definition
A 商队 is a group of merchants traveling together with their goods, typically by camel or horse over long desert or trade routes (such as the Silk Road). Pairs with the measure word 支.
noun
trade caravancaravan of merchants
Measure word · 支
Examples
- 商队。Gǔ dài de shāng duì yán zhe sī chóu zhī lù zǒu hěn yuǎn.Ancient caravans traveled far along the Silk Road.
- 商队。Zhè ge shāng duì yǒu èr shí pǐ luò tuo hé shí gè rén.This caravan has twenty camels and ten people.
- 商队，。Tā men zǔ chéng le yì zhī shāng duì, zhǔn bèi chuān yuè shā mò.They formed a caravan and prepared to cross the desert.
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