还乡女 huán xiāng nǚ

Korean woman returned home after Manchu capture

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. (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

Characters

Character Meaning
still; yet; even more
country or countryside; township (PRC administrative unit)
female; woman; daughter