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本省人

Mandarin · pinyin běn shěng rén

people of this province
(in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants

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本: běn · root, origin, source; basis
省: shěng · province; save, economize
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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3–3–2 · ben3 sheng3 ren2

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noun

(Taiwan) benshengren; person who or whose ancestors settled in Taiwan prior to or during Japanese colonization of Taiwan

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