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封建

Mandarin · pinyin fēng jiàn

system of enfeoffment
feudalism
feudal
feudalistic

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封: fēng · letter, envelope; feudal
建: jiàn · build, establish, erect, found

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1–4 · feng1 jian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fung1 gin3

Cantonese word readings for 封建. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(historical) fengjian (a system of enfeoffment in ancient China)
(by extension, historical, sometimes proscribed) feudalism (European-style feudalism)

adj

feudal; feudalistic
stuffy; conservative; old-fashioned

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