Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
verb
A phrase for expressing diplomatic discontent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: China, bureaucratese
Topics: government, officialese
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Calque from Chinese 提出嚴正交涉/提出严正交涉 (tíchū yánzhèng jiāoshè).
