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= y + Ø2
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze
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夷 character breakdown

Component Translations
dài = d + ai4
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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gōng = gu + (e)ng1
a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)
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Characters with 夷 as component

tiě = ti + e3
old variant of 鐵|铁[tie3]
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Words with 夷

the three foreign religions (Nestorianism, Manicheanism and Zoroastrianism)
to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
to deteriorate / to decline / to slump / also written 陵夷

Sentences with 夷

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