东亚病夫
dōng​yà​bìng​fū

sick man of East Asia

  • created sense approved 东亚病夫/東亞病夫 · dōng​yà​bìng​fū · sick man of East Asia — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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.

    东亚 (literal) → 东亚/東亞 · dōng​yà · East Asia 病夫 (literal) → 病夫 · bìng​fū · sick person

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