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四夷
sì​yí

four barbarian tribes

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四夷 sì​yí four barbarian tribes

(literary) a collective term for the non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China, historically categorized as 东夷 dōng​yí, 西戎 xī​róng, 南蛮 nán​mán, and 北狄 běi​dí

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