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賤民

简贱民 · 繁賤民

Mandarin · pinyin jiàn mín

social stratum below the level of ordinary people
untouchable
dalit (India caste)

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民: mín · people, subjects, citizens
贱: jiàn · mean, low; cheap, worthless

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4–2 · jian4 min2

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zin6 man4

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noun

(historical) person of the lowest social status; outcast; pariah (e.g. servants, prostitutes, entertainers, yamen runners), as opposed to 良民 (liángmín)
Dalit (a member of the lowest caste in the traditional Indian caste system)

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