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洋員

简洋员 · 繁洋員

Mandarin · pinyin yáng yuán

Westerner employed in Qing China (as professor or military advisor etc)

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洋: yáng · ocean, sea; foreign; western
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员: yuán · member; personnel, staff member

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2–2 · yang2 yuan2

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