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.

     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.

     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