<p>Is it more understandable when it's translated into: <em>under the witnessing of 20+ journalists coming from 5 countries including China, Russia,....</em></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>在来自中、俄、美、英、韩等五国20多名记者的见证下</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The sentence has a small issue here. 等 should be deleted because 中、俄、美、英、韩 altogether already reached to 5 countries. The correct sentence should be:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>在来自中、俄、美、英、韩五国20多名记者的见证下...</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Or </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>在来自中、俄、美等五国20多名记者的见证下...</p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>Edit</strong>:</p>

<p>As fefe pointed out, the original sentence is also correct 在来自中、俄、美、英、韩等五国20多名记者的见证下. But you can remove 等 as well. It might be about the personal stylish.</p>

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2018-05-28T06:55:46.607Z
“等” can be used when all are listed.
fefe
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2018-05-28T07:28:48.603Z
@fefe You might be right. The dictionary on my phone has a sentence to support your point. *长江、黄河、黑龙江、珠江等四大河流*. But in my opinion, 等 means *so on and so forth*. If all has been listed, why do we need verbosely to add 等 at the end. Maybe, this is not about right or wrong, but a stylish thing I think.
dan
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2018-05-30T12:08:57.290Z
It's an indication that the listing ends here.
jf328
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dan
<p>Maybe a pair of parentheses can help you understand the sentence:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>在来自（中、俄、美）等五国。。。</p>
</blockquote>

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thinwa
<p>中 is the short form of 中国 here.</p>

<p>中 = China</p>

<p>There’s a 顿号 (、) after 中 so you can tell that it is part of a list, that would aid your deciphering methods letting you know it’s not a phrase with the words in front of it.</p>

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Mou某
<p>I was reading a news article (about Trump canceling his meeting with Kim Jong Un, 25 May, 2018) on a flight:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/NI36zm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/NI36zm.jpg" alt="Newspaper snippet"></a></p>

<p>I don't understand the use of 在来自中 in the second sentence:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>当天早些时候，<strong>在来自中</strong>、俄、美、英、韩等五国20多名记者的见证下，朝鲜炸毁了丰溪里核试验场的坑道，。。。<br>
  <sub>dāngtiān zǎoxiēshíhòu, <strong>zài láizì zhōng</strong>, é, měi, yīng, hán děng wǔ guó 20 duō míng jìzhě de jiànzhèng xià, cháoxiǎn zhàhuǐle fēngxīlǐ héshìyànchǎng de kēngdào, ...</sub></p>
</blockquote>

<p>I translate this to:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>In the early morning, with [???], Russia, the USA, England, South Korea, and 5 other countries, and 20+ journalists to witness, North Korea blew up Fengxi's nuclear test facility tunnels, ...</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I don't understand what <a href="http://dict.cn/%E6%9D%A5%E8%87%AA" rel="nofollow noreferrer">来自</a> (láizì) = "come from" is doing here, nor what <a href="http://dict.cn/%E4%B8%AD" rel="nofollow noreferrer">中</a> (zhōng) = "within" is achieving in this sentence.</p>

<p><strong>Question</strong>: What does 在来自中 mean in 在来自中、俄、美、英、韩等五国, ...?</p>

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2018-05-27T03:51:06.907Z
来自 is a complete word, which anything following would be the source of 来自.
sfy
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2018-05-31T01:09:37.857Z
... under witness of 2 dozens of journalists from China, Russian, USA, UK, South Korea...  (來自 means "from" , e.g. a reporter from USA).
Daniel Yang
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What does 在来自中 (zài láizì zhōng) mean in 在来自中、俄、美、英、韩等五国, ...?
# What does 在来自中 (zài láizì zhōng) mean in 在来自中、俄、美、英、韩等五国, ...?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-27)

I was reading a news article (about Trump canceling his meeting with Kim Jong Un, 25 May, 2018) on a flight:

[![Newspaper snippet](https://i.sstatic.net/NI36zm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/NI36zm.jpg)

I don't understand the use of 在来自中 in the second sentence:

> 当天早些时候，**在来自中**、俄、美、英、韩等五国20多名记者的见证下，朝鲜炸毁了丰溪里核试验场的坑道，。。。  
> dāngtiān zǎoxiēshíhòu, **zài láizì zhōng**, é, měi, yīng, hán děng wǔ guó 20 duō míng jìzhě de jiànzhèng xià, cháoxiǎn zhàhuǐle fēngxīlǐ héshìyànchǎng de kēngdào, ...

I translate this to:

> In the early morning, with [???], Russia, the USA, England, South Korea, and 5 other countries, and 20+ journalists to witness, North Korea blew up Fengxi's nuclear test facility tunnels, ...

I don't understand what [来自](http://dict.cn/%E6%9D%A5%E8%87%AA) (láizì) = "come from" is doing here, nor what [中](http://dict.cn/%E4%B8%AD) (zhōng) = "within" is achieving in this sentence.

**Question**: What does 在来自中 mean in 在来自中、俄、美、英、韩等五国, ...?

**Tags:** translation, meaning, meaning-in-context

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 来自 is a complete word, which anything following would be the source of 来自.  
> **username_2**: ... under witness of 2 dozens of journalists from China, Russian, USA, UK, South Korea...  (來自 means "from" , e.g. a reporter from USA).  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_7 on 2018-05-27. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

中 is the short form of 中国 here.

中 = China

There’s a 顿号 (、) after 中 so you can tell that it is part of a list, that would aid your deciphering methods letting you know it’s not a phrase with the words in front of it.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-05-27. Score: 2

Is it more understandable when it's translated into: *under the witnessing of 20+ journalists coming from 5 countries including China, Russia,....*

> 在来自中、俄、美、英、韩等五国20多名记者的见证下

The sentence has a small issue here. 等 should be deleted because 中、俄、美、英、韩 altogether already reached to 5 countries. The correct sentence should be:

> 在来自中、俄、美、英、韩五国20多名记者的见证下...

Or

> 在来自中、俄、美等五国20多名记者的见证下...

**Edit**:

As username_4 pointed out, the original sentence is also correct 在来自中、俄、美、英、韩等五国20多名记者的见证下. But you can remove 等 as well. It might be about the personal stylish.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: “等” can be used when all are listed.  
> **username_3**: @username_4 You might be right. The dictionary on my phone has a sentence to support your point. *长江、黄河、黑龙江、珠江等四大河流*. But in my opinion, 等 means *so on and so forth*. If all has been listed, why do we need verbosely to add 等 at the end. Maybe, this is not about right or wrong, but a stylish thing I think.  
> **username_5**: It's an indication that the listing ends here.  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2018-05-28. Score: 0

Maybe a pair of parentheses can help you understand the sentence:

> 在来自（中、俄、美）等五国。。。


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