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韃虜

简鞑虏 · 繁韃虜

Mandarin · pinyin Dá lǔ

Tartar (derogatory)
also used as an insulting term for Manchus around 1900

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鞑: dá · the Tatars
虏: lǔ · to capture, imprison, seize; a prison

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2–3 · Da2 lu3

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noun

(ethnic slur, derogatory, archaic) non-Han ethnic groups in North China, especially the Manchus

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