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DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(lit.) leftover men / (fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty / surviving members of an ethnic group
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Original source entry:

遺民 遗民 [yi2 min2] /(lit.) leftover men/(fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty/surviving members of an ethnic group/

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遗民
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