Chinese–English

东亚病夫

Dōng yà bìng fū · dong ya bing fu

Traditional 東亞病夫

Meaning

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  1. (derog.) the sick man of Asia (term used in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to refer to China in its weakened state after the Opium Wars)
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