夷狄
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Chinese[edit]
safe; to raze; to exterminate safe; to raze; to exterminate; barbarian |
barbarians; name of a tribe | ||
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trad. (夷狄) | 夷 | 狄 | |
simp. #(夷狄) | 夷 | 狄 |
Etymology[edit]
From archaic exonymic references to tribes that were not considered 諸夏, but were physically located close to the 中國; from 夷 (OC *lil, “eastern tribes”) + 狄 (OC *deːɡ, “northern tribes”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
夷狄
- (historical, archaic) the barbarians (peoples inhabiting regions peripheral to the historical Chinese heartland)
- 子曰:「夷狄之有君,不如諸夏之亡也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE
- Zǐyuē: “Yídí zhī yǒu jūn, bùrú zhūxià zhī wáng yě.” [Pinyin]
- The Master said, "The barbarians have their princes, and are not like the States of our great land which are without them."
子曰:「夷狄之有君,不如诸夏之亡也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary, derogatory) barbarian (any ethnic group considered uncivilized)
Usage notes[edit]
Typically applied by those who consider themselves 諸夏, with the connotation of otherhood or distance.
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