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海关
hǎiguān
Description
你坐飞机去别的国家的时候，要在机场的海关检查行李。
When you fly to another country, you have to go through the customs at the airport to check your luggage.
海关是国家的一个地方，负责管理进出国家的人和东西。
Customs is a place in a country responsible for managing the people and goods entering and leaving the country.
Meanings
海关hǎiguān
customs (border agency checking goods and people)
我们过了海关就可以出去了。
We can leave once we've passed through customs.
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Notes
- Etymology
海 (sea) + 关 (pass/barrier), originally sea-border checkpoint, now any customs office.
- Nuance
refers to the agency/checkpoint; the act of clearing it is 过海关.
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