还乡女 in English huan2 xiang1 nu:3 Meaning

Meanings

  • (Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families

Simplified Characters

还 乡 女

Traditional Characters

還 鄉 女

Pinyin

huan2 xiang1 nu:3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

还hai2surname Huan 乡xiang1country or countryside 女nv3female