created sense approved 契丹 · qìdān · Khitan — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
契丹
qìdān
Khitan
An ethnic group in ancient China who lived in the Liao River valley; the Yelü clan unified the tribes in the 10th century to establish the [[辽|遼|liao2]] dynasty.
契 (phonetic) 丹 (phonetic)
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