"Barbarian" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fān foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance) / classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc) / classifier for situations: kind, sort
 yě mán rén barbarian
 hú rén ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times / foreigner / barbarian
 mán yí common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory / barbarian
 mán barbarian / bullying / very / quite / rough / reckless
 mán zi barbarian / slave servant / (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people)
 shēng fān barbarian / aboriginal savage
 Yè láng small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty
 lǔ prisoner of war / to capture / to take prisoner / (old) northern barbarian / slave
 dǎn (old barbarian dialects) to pay a fine in atonement / river / Taiwan pr. [tan4]
 Yí zhōu name of an ancient barbarian country, possibly Taiwan
 Dōng hú Eastern barbarian / ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China
 méng qiú (traditional title of first readers) / primary education / teaching the ignorant / light to the barbarian
 mán dǐ foreign mission (in former times) / residence of barbarian emissary
 Wèi Huò abbr. for generals Wei Qing 衛青|卫青 / and Huo Qubing 霍去病 / of Western Han 西漢|西汉[Xi1 Han4], famous for their success in quelling the Xiongnu barbarian invaders
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