虏 (lǔ) — (noun) captive, prisoner of war; (noun, historical) northern barbarian tribes (derogatory term for non-Han peoples)
Definition
Bound morpheme lǔ — a historical, derogatory term. 虏 means 'captive / prisoner of war', as in 俘虏; 北虏 means 'northern barbarian', a pejorative label for non-Han peoples. Both senses appear mainly in historical writing, not modern speech.
noun
captiveprisoner of war
bound form
(noun, historical) northern barbarian tribes (derogatory term for non-Han peoples)
Examples
- ，。Gǔ dài zhàn zhēng zhōng, fú lǔ bèi dàng zuò nú lì shǐ yòng.In ancient wars, captives were used as slaves.
- 虏。Zhè běn shū miáo xiě le běi lǔ de shēng huó.This book describes the life of the northern barbarians.
- ，。Tā chéng le dí rén de fú lǔ, guān zài láo lǐ.He became the enemy's prisoner and was locked in prison.
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