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韃靼

简鞑靼 · 繁韃靼

Mandarin · pinyin Dá dá

Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China)
Tatar (Turkic ethnic group in central Asia)

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靼: dá · Tatars
鞑: dá · the Tatars

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noun

(historical) the Mongols (specifically the Eastern Mongols)
(historical) Any non-Han people in northern China, such as the Tatars, Khitans, Mongols, Manchus, etc.
(～人, ～族) the Tatars, a Turkic ethnic group originating from the Eurasian Steppe

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