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赤佬
chì​lǎo

scoundrel

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
赤佬 chì​lǎo
scoundrel
A derogatory term used in Wu dialects like Shanghainese for a ghost, devil, or scoundrel; often used as a swearword or jokingly to refer to a person
Communist
(historical) A derogatory term used by the Kuomintang to refer to Communists in the early 20th century.

Frequency

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0.141 per million

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Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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