華か夏か

noun

Huaxia

Historical term referring to the ancient Chinese cultural sphere or the early Chinese civilization, often used in classical or historical contexts.

• 華か夏かという言こと葉ばは、古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくの文ぶん明めいを指さす歴れき史し的てきな概がい念ねんです。

  The term Huaxia is a historical concept referring to the civilization of ancient China.

noun

civilized land

Archaic, poetic extension of the Huaxia concept, used to denote a land of culture and refinement in contrast to barbarian regions.

• 古ふるい漢かん詩しでは、華か夏かが文ぶん明めいの地ちとして詠よまれることがある。

  In old Chinese poetry, Huaxia is sometimes recited as a land of civilization.