| 释义 |
hsiung-nu
\shēˈu̇ŋˈnü\ noun
(plural hsiung-nu)
Usage: usually capitalized H&N
Etymology: Chinese (Pekingese) hsiung1 nu2, from hsiung1 cruel, fierce + nu2 slave, servant
: an ancient horse-using people related to or identical with the Huns, including the Jung and Ti peoples of Chinese history, and recorded in Chinese annals as being a powerful nation and in the 3d century B.C. occupying all the country between the Caspian sea and the Great Wall and dominating much of Mongolia |