hòu zhí míndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
postcolonial
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Original source entry:

後殖民 后殖民 [hou4 zhi2 min2] /postcolonial/

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Other forms in these source records: 後殖民

  • 后
    hòu

    empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler / back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

    Hòu

    surname Hou

  • 殖
    zhí

    to grow / to reproduce

  • 民
    mín

    (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country

    Mín

    surname Min

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