南蛮北狄
Reading: なんばんほくてき
Meaning: foreign barbarians
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Example Sentence
In history, there were people who were called foreign barbarians.
Usage Notes
A historical term used by Chinese to refer to non-Chinese peoples to both north and south. Now mainly used in historical contexts or literary references.
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