Chinese

Noun

敝邑

1. (archaic) my home country (or city)
   • Warring States Period: Zuo Qiuming, Zuo Zhuan (春秋左氏傳˙宣公十五年)

     敝邑易子而食，析骸以爨。

     In the city we are exchanging our children and eating them, and splitting up their bones for fuel. (James Legge)

References

• “BOOK VII. DUKE XUAN”, in Chunqiu Zuo zhuan (in English), accessed 2011-02-27