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遗民

yí mín

2-character word Traditional 遺民

What 遗民 means

1. (lit.) leftover men
2. (fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty
3. surviving members of an ethnic group

The characters in 遗民

• 遗yí(bound form) to leave behind
• 民mín(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country

Sounds the same

Read yí mín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 移民to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant

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