夷狄
Meanings
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- 1.non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China
- 2.barbarians
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Wiktionary
- 1.the barbarians (peoples inhabiting regions peripheral to the historical Chinese heartland)
- 2.barbarian (any ethnic group considered uncivilized)
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Etymology
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”).
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