北狄

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1 Mandarin
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 See also

Mandarin [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

北 (northern) + 狄 (a former ethnic group living to China's north in ancient times)

Noun [edit]

北狄 (běidí)

northern barbarians (a term used during dynastic China to refer to non-Chinese ethnic groups to China's north)

See also [edit]

南蛮 (southern barbarians)
西戎 (western barbarians)
東夷 (eastern barbarians)

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