协约国

協約國
xiéyuēguó
noun #74,676

Meanings

  1. 1 the Entente Powers (World War I)
  2. 2 the Allies of World War I

Examples

HSK 5
Yīngguó, Fǎguó hé Éguó zǔchéng le xiéyuēguó.
Britain, France and Russia formed the Entente.
HSK 7-9
Zhōngguó hòulái yě jiārù le xiéyuēguó, xiàng Déguó xuānzhàn.
China later joined the Entente as well and declared war on Germany.

Tips

mistakes
The Entente of World War I fought the 同盟国, the Central Powers. In World War II the same word 同盟国 means the Allies, so the Allies of the First World War are the 协约国 and those of the Second the 同盟国.

Stroke Order

协 xié
约 yuē
国 guó