「東亞病夫」
| Entry #1 | |
| Pronunciation： | dung1 aa3 beng6 fu1 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
東 east; host; owner 亞 second; second place; inferior; second-class; second-rate 病 illness; disease; to be ill; to be sick 夫 man; husband |
| Part of Speech： | noun |
| Explanation： |
"Sick Man of East Asia", typically implying the Qing Dynasty or China in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
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