slave

woman (女) + grasping hand (又) = slave

A woman seized by a grasping hand — the image captures the brutal reality of enslaved labor in ancient Chinese society. The combination is grimly literal: to be held by force.

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古代有很多人被迫成为隶。

gǔ dài yǒu hěn duō rén bèi pò chéng wéi nú lì。

In ancient times many people were forced to become slaves.

那本书讲述了一个隶争取自由的故事。

nà běn shū jiǎng shù le yī gè nú lì zhēng qǔ zì yóu de gù shi。

That book tells the story of a slave fighting for freedom.

Words with 奴

阿衣奴

ā yī nú

see 阿伊努[A1 yi1 nu3]

黑奴吁天录

hēi nú yù tiān lù

Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓|林纾

丁加奴

dīng jiā nú

Terengganu, northeast state of mainland Malaysia

亡国奴

wáng guó nú

slave of a foreign conqueror

佐丹奴

zuǒ dān nú

Giordano (brand)

冷奴

lěng nú

silken tofu served cold with various toppings (loanword from Japanese "hiyayakko")

匈奴

xiōng nú

Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties

卡奴

kǎ nú

a slave to one's credit card

史奴比

shǐ nú bǐ

Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)

哈奴曼

hā nú màn

Hanuman, a monkey God in the Indian epic Ramayana

喀奴特

kā nú tè

Knuth or Canute (name)

奴家

nú jiā

(old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female)

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