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name
Alternative letter-case form of benshengren (“Han Chinese in Taiwan before 1945 and their descendants”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Han Chinese who came to Taiwan from mainland China before 1945, often having experienced Japanese rule, as compared to Han Chinese who came to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945, following the Chinese Civil War (waishengren).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Mandarin 本省人 (běnshěngrén), literally "original province people" (from the point of view that Taiwan is a province of the Republic of China).
