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东亚病夫
dōng​yà​bìng​fū

sick man of East Asia

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东亚病夫 東亞病夫 dōng​yà​bìng​fū
sick man of East Asia
(derogatory) A term used by Western powers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to mock China and its people as weak and sickly following the Opium Wars.