東亞病夫 — Dong1 ya4 bing4 fu1 — Chinese Dictionary

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Definitions4 characters

Dong¹ ya⁴ bing⁴ fu¹

(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)

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Pronunciations

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亞

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As word

1

Dong¹

(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)

2

ya⁴

(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)

3

bing⁴

(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)

4

fu¹

(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)