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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

巡回制

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xún huí zhì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Itinerancy/aɪˈtɪn.ə.rən.si/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #45000 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"古代法官的巡回制确保证实了公正。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The practice of traveling from place to place, especially in connection with one's job or profession.

    "The Methodist minister's early career was defined by constant itinerancy across rural parishes."
  2. 2

    The state or condition of being transient or nomadic.

    "Modern gig work often encourages a lifestyle of economic itinerancy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word 'itinerantia', stemming from 'itinerant-' meaning 'traveling', from the root 'iter' (journey or path). Entered the English language in the early 19th century to describe the practice of traveling from place to place, particularly regarding ministers, judges, or workers.

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