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老中

Mandarin · pinyin lǎo zhōng

(slang) Chinese people; we Chinese (often self-referential, ironic); China; the Chinese side

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老: lǎo · old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
中: zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain

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3–1 · lao3 zhong1

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noun

(historical) "elder", political role in the Tokugawa shogunate (江戶幕府／江户幕府)
(American (1980–), slang, derogatory depending on context) a Chinese person, Chinese immigrants

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(Mainland China, Hong Kong) Laos-China

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