粵

東dung1亞aa3病beng6夫fu1

simp东亚病夫
dung1 aa3 beng6 fu1Dōng yà bìng fū

English

  1. (derog.) "the Sick Man of Asia" (historical term referring to China in its weakened state in the late 19th and early 20th centuries)
  2. "Sick Man of East Asia", typically implying the Qing Dynasty or China in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 比喻東亞入面昏庸無能嘅政府、落後嘅民族，通常專指清朝、十九世紀末至二十世紀初嘅中國

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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