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病夫
bìng​fū

sick person

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  • 东亚病夫 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.