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  • 1

    adj.uncivilized; savage; uncultivated

    • tā men hái bǎo liú zhe yě mán de xí sú

      他们保留野蛮习俗

      They still retain their uncivilized customs.

    • zhè xiē jū mín réng chǔ yú yě mán zhuàng tài

      这些居民处于野蛮状态

      The inhabitants were still in the barbarian state.

    • xiān mín hái chǔ zài yě mán shí dài

      先民野蛮时代

      The ancestors were still in the uncultivated era.

  • 2

    adj.brutal; barbarous; cruel

    • qīn lüè zhě duì dài wén wù de tài du shí fēn yě mán

      侵略者对待文物态度十分野蛮

      The invaders treated the cultural relics with barbarity.

    • jiù zhōng guó de fǎn dòng tǒng zhì shì jí duān yě mán de

      中国反动统治极端野蛮

      The reactionary rule in old China was extremely brutal.

    • tā de yě mán huí dá shǐ wǒ gǎn dào jīng yà

      野蛮回答使感到惊讶

      She replied with a savagery that took me by surprise.