èr​guǐ​zi

traitor

  • created sense approved 二鬼子 · èr​guǐ​zi · traitor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    二鬼子

    èr​guǐ​zi

    traitor

    (derogatory) a Chinese person who collaborated with the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War; also refers more broadly to any collaborator with an enemy force. During the Japanese occupation, the invaders were called [[日本鬼子|日本鬼子|ri4 ben3 gui3 zi5]], while their Chinese collaborators and Korean recruits were termed 'second-rank devils'.

    二 (literal) → 二 · èr · secondary 鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost 子 (bound) → 子 · zi · noun suffix

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