created sense approved 愚民 · yúmín · the ignorant masses — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
愚民
yúmín
the ignorant masses
ignorant or uneducated masses; a derogatory term used historically by rulers to refer to the common people
愚 (literal) → 愚 · yú · foolish 民 (literal) → 民 · mín · the people
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created sense approved 愚民 · yúmín · to keep the people ignorant — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
愚民
yúmín
to keep the people ignorant
to keep the people in a state of ignorance or to stultify the public
愚 (literal) → 愚 · yú · to fool 民 (literal) → 民 · mín · the people
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition