cong2 gwaan1 dung1闯关东
Jyutpingcong2 gwaan1 dung1
Yalechóng gwān dūng

Definition

literally: 'to brave the journey to Guandong', describes the rush of the Han Chinese population into Manchuria, especially from the Shandong Peninsula and Zhili, during the hundred-year period starting in the last half of the 19th century

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T1High level
T2High rising
T3Mid level
T4Low falling
T5Low rising
T6Low level

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