東亞病夫 (dung1 aa3 beng6 fu1 | dong1 ya4 bing4 fu1) : sick man of East Asia

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東亞病夫

dung1 aa3 beng6 fu1

dong1 ya4 bing4 fu1

"sick man of East Asia" originally referred to China in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
when it was riven by internal divisions and forced by Western and Japanese powers into a series of Unequal Treaties, culminating in the Japanese invasion of China in the Second World War. Phrase features in the Bruce Lee film "Fist of Fury".
(source: Wikipedia)

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

東亞病夫

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東 dung1 - east ; host, master, owner; family name
亞 aa3 - second; Asia
病 beng6 bing6 - sick; ill; defect; fault
夫 fu1 fu4 - husband; male adult; manual worker

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