脫亞入歐 tuō yà rù ōu

DEFINITIONS

  1. to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe
  2. refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan's subsequent colonization projects in Asia

CHARACTERS

脫 tuō take off, peel off, strip
亞 yà Asia; second; used as a prefix to names
入 rù
HSK 4
enter, come in(to), join
歐 ōu used in transliterating non-Chinese words such as Europe, ohm; surname