还乡女

huán xiāng nǚ

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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

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Child Words of 还乡女

• 女 女 nǚ: female
• 还 还 hái: still
• 还 还 huán: to pay back
• 乡 乡 xiāng: country or countryside
• 女 女 nǚ: female
• 还乡 还乡 huán xiāng: (literary) to return to one's native place