四夷
しい
- Four Barbarians; derogative name for various ancient non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China n derog
Kanji
四
シ
よ • よ.つ • よっ.つ • よん
four
夷
イ
えびす • えみし • ころ.す • たい.らげる
barbarian; savage; Ainu
Synonyms
東夷
あずまえびす とうい
- warrior from the eastern parts of Japan n derog arch ktb
- eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China) n
西戎
せいじゅう
- Xirong; Rong; inhabitants of the extremities of China as early as the Shang dynasty (1765-1122 BCE); barbarians to the west n