茶馬互市 chá mǎ hù shì

DEFINITIONS

  1. old tea-horse market between Tibet, China, Southeast Asia and India, formalized as a state enterprise under the Song dynasty

CHARACTERS

茶 chá
HSK 1
tea
馬 mǎ horse; surname; KangXi radical 187
互 hù
HSK 4
mutually, reciprocally
市 shì
HSK 3
market, fair; city, town; trade