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東亞病夫

(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)

Characters and words in 東亞病夫

dōng = du + (e)ng1
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
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= y + a4
Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Ya3]
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= y + a4
second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3]
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bìng = bi + (e)ng4
illness / CL:場|场[chang2] / disease / to fall ill / defect
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= fu + Ø1
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)
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= fu + Ø2
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
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Words with 東亞病夫

東亞病夫 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 東亞病夫

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