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還鄉女
简 还乡女 · 繁 還鄉女Mandarin · pinyin huán xiāng nǚ
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- (Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families
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2–1–3 · huan2 xiang1 nu:3
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waan4 hoeng1 neoi2
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