No. 3,671 in Chinese
群岛
Archipelago.
In a sentence
这个国家由许多群岛组成。
This country is composed of many archipelagos.
Here, '群岛' refers to multiple sets of islands collectively forming the geographical structure of a country.
印度尼西亚是世界上最大的群岛国家之一。
Indonesia is one of the largest archipelago countries in the world.
In this sentence, '群岛' is used to describe the geographical characteristic concerning a nation's landscape consisting mainly of islands.
探险队计划探索一个未知的群岛。
The expedition team plans to explore an uncharted archipelago.
Here, '群岛' indicates a specific unnamed archipelago intended for exploration by the team.
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