North China Sea

Meanings

proper nounthe North China Sea

the Yellow Sea
Li, a past executive at JP Morgan Chase and Merrill Lynch’s China operations who has worked for several law firms in New York was blooded in commodities as a young man, working in the offshore oil fields of the North China sea prior to college.
2014 March 31, Melanie Burton, Polly Yam, “NEWSMAKER-LME warehousing throws up roadblock for Charles Li”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2022, Breaking City News
Synonyms: Yellow Sea, West Sea, West Korea Sea, Korea West Sea, Korean West Sea, West Korean Sea, West Sea of Korea, Sea of Korea

proper nounthe Yellow Sea

Similar

Yellow Sea West SeaWest Korea SeaKorea West SeaKorean West SeaWest Korean SeaWest Sea of KoreaSea of KoreaKorean Sea

Also see

Calque of Chinese 北海 (Běihǎi, “Bohai Sea”), from 北 (“north”) + 海 (hǎi, “sea”), phrased in English with reference to the East China Sea and South China Sea.

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