外艰 (外艱) wài jiān

  1. wài jiān phrase mourning for a father
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '外艱' 1; Mathews 1931 '外艱', p. 114)
  2. wài jiān phrase foreign aggression
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 外患 (Guoyu '外艱' 2)

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