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Dictionary Today

Access: Publicly available resource

Description: The official dictionary for the People's Republic of China which allows users to utilize keyword searches for dictionary definitions, thesaurus options and other resources in Chinese and English. The resource accesses content from more than a dozen electronic reference titles, including: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language; The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms; The American Heritage Science Dictionary; The American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary; The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy; and Roget's II: The New Thesaurus. Provided by China Directory Publishing (CDP) and the Houghton Mifflin Company.

Coverage: Various Dates

Subject(s):
Asian Studies
Dictionaries
Publicly Available Resources

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