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遺民

简遗民 · 繁遺民

Mandarin · pinyin yí mín

(lit.) leftover men
(fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty
surviving members of an ethnic group

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民: mín · people, subjects, citizens
遗: yí · lose; articles lost; omit

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2–2 · yi2 min2

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noun

adherents of a former dynasty
survivors of a great upheaval

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