piān'ān

to be content with partial territory

  • created sense approved 偏安 · piān'ān · to be content with partial territory — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    偏安

    piān'ān

    to be content with partial territory

    to be content with maintaining sovereignty over only a portion of a country's original territory after losing the central region; also describes being forced to settle in a remote area

    偏 (literal) → 偏 · piān · remote 安 (literal) → 安 · ān · peaceful or safe

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