Wǔ húdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiōng nú], Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xiān bēi], Jie 羯[Jié], Di 氐[Dī], Qiang 羌[Qiāng], esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国[Wǔ hú Shí liù guó]
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五胡 五胡 [Wu3 hu2] /Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2], Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1], Jie 羯[Jie2], Di 氐[Di1], Qiang 羌[Qiang1], esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国[Wu3 hu2 Shi2 liu4 guo2]/

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