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Serf Liberation Day (PRC)
a slave to one's credit card / sb who is unable to repay their credit card borrowings
slavery
slave of a foreign conqueror
slave
HSK 7-9
slavery
Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties
Honolulu, capital of Hawaii / also transliterated as 火奴魯魯|火奴鲁鲁
slave / fig. flunkey
a slave to one's mortgage
slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory)
white slave / (neologism that peaked in the 2000s–2010s) white-collar slave (office worker who is overworked and exploited)
Capricorn (star sign) / northern people in classical times, a branch of the Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴
Honolulu, capital of Hawaii / also called 檀香山
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *奴* | 奴* | *奴
slave
serf
Terengganu, northeast state of mainland Malaysia
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
"a slave to one's children", hard-working parents who would do everything to ensure their children's well-being, in disregard of their own needs
Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓|林纾
servant
miser / scrooge
slave owner
to enslave
king of the Xiongnu 匈奴
part of Heilongjiang and the Vladivostok area ruled by the Ming dynasty
Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴
Giordano (brand)
(literary) a well-regarded type of horse native to the northern regions, particularly associated with the Xiongnu people 匈奴
to be set in one's ways (idiom)
Hanuman, a monkey God in the Indian epic Ramayana
Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴, Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑, Jie , Di , Qiang , esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国
cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)
Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal
Serf Liberation Day (PRC)
servility; doormat mentality
merino (breed of sheep)
Knuth or Canute (name)
slave labor / slave worker
silken tofu served cold with various toppings (loanword from Japanese "hiyayakko")
Vishnu (Hindu deity)
to enslave; to subjugate
car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car
servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
domestic slave / slave servant
agricultural slave / serf
(old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female)
if it's plowing, ask the laborer (idiom); when managing a matter, consult the appropriate specialist
if it's plowing ask the laborer, if it's weaving ask the maid (idiom); when managing a matter, consult the appropriate specialist
"a slave to certificates", sb who does one's utmost to obtain as many certificates as possible so to be more employable
Zhou Dynasty term for a northern nomadic tribe later called the Xiongnu 匈奴 in the Qin and Han Dynasties
slave servant
Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall
the Ming dynasty provincial headquarters in the Heilongjiang and Vladivostok area
Kuala Terengganu, capital of Terengganu state, Malaysia


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