孑遺

孑遺

1. (literary) survivor; remnant population

   • 周餘黎民，靡有孑遺。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     周余黎民，靡有孑遗。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhōu yú límín, mǐ yǒu jiéyí. [Pinyin]

     Of the remnant of Zhou, among the black-haired people,
     There will not be half a man left.

2. (literary) remnant; leftover; remainder; rump; relict

   • 當世囂囂，非患儒之雞廉，患在位者之虎飽鷁咽，於求覽無所孑遺耳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     当世嚣嚣，非患儒之鸡廉，患在位者之虎饱鹢咽，于求览无所孑遗耳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: p. 73 BCE, Huan Kuan (桓寬) (editor). Discourses on Salt and Iron (《鹽鐵論》)

     Dāngshì xiāoxiāo, fēi huàn rú zhī jīlián, huàn zàiwèizhě zhī hǔbǎo yìyān, yú qiú lǎn wúsuǒ jiéyí ěr. [Pinyin]

     Now, the people of this world complain loudly, but not about the "chicken-like frugality" advocated by the Confucians. They do worry about the powerful lords, who have the appetite of a tiger but the throat of a waterfowl; who seek, seize, and want not a single thing left out of their grabbing paws.

孑遺

1. (chiefly ecology) relictual; surviving; remaining

   孑遺物種／孑遗物种  ―  jiéyí wùzhǒng  ―  relictual species