遗民

Traditional form:

遺民

Pinyin (reading):

yímín

Definitions:

• (lit.) leftover men
• (fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty
• surviving members of an ethnic group

Characters:

• 遗 - to lose; a lost article
• 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people

Traditional characters:

• 遺 - to lose; a lost article
• 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people