东亚病夫

(derog.) the sick man of Asia (term used in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to refer to China in its weakened state after the Opium Wars)

surname Dong

east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

East Asia

Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Ya3]

second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3]

illness / CL:場|场[chang2] / disease / to fall ill / defect

sick man

husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)