英语词汇“foreign devil”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

foreign devil n. derogatory (in China) a foreigner, esp. a European person; also in extended use in non-Chinese contexts. [Originally after Chinese fānguǐ ( < fān (derogatory) foreign + guǐ demon, devil); in later use probably also after yángguǐzi, now more common and used more specifically to denote Europeans ( < yáng ocean, foreign country + guǐzi term of abuse for foreigners, suffixed form of guǐ).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [noun] > foreign > esp. European

foreign devil1804

1804 J. Barrow Trav. China x. 591 The peasantry ran out of their houses..and bawled after us Queitze-fan-quei, which, in their language, are opprobrious and contemptuous expressions, signifying foreign devils, imps.

1835 Liverpool Mercury 6 Feb. 48/3 The Governor, indeed, threatens to put a stop to the trade of the ‘barbarians’, or ‘foreign devils’, such being the polite phraseology of the Celestials.

1937 E. Snow Red Star over China i. iv. 43 It was the perfect setting for the blotting-out of a too inquisitive foreign devil.

1965 P. Ordway Night of Reckoning (1967) ii. 39 Most of us foreign devils [in Spain] found seasonal rentals a very necessary source of additional income.

2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon iv. 69 He was immediately spotted as a qwai—a foreign devil—even before people saw his face.

单词	foreign devil
释义	> as lemmas foreign devil foreign devil n. derogatory (in China) a foreigner, esp. a European person; also in extended use in non-Chinese contexts. [Originally after Chinese fānguǐ ( < fān (derogatory) foreign + guǐ demon, devil); in later use probably also after yángguǐzi, now more common and used more specifically to denote Europeans ( < yáng ocean, foreign country + guǐzi term of abuse for foreigners, suffixed form of guǐ).] ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [noun] > foreign > esp. European foreign devil1804 1804 J. Barrow Trav. China x. 591 The peasantry ran out of their houses..and bawled after us Queitze-fan-quei, which, in their language, are opprobrious and contemptuous expressions, signifying foreign devils, imps. 1835 Liverpool Mercury 6 Feb. 48/3 The Governor, indeed, threatens to put a stop to the trade of the ‘barbarians’, or ‘foreign devils’, such being the polite phraseology of the Celestials. 1937 E. Snow Red Star over China i. iv. 43 It was the perfect setting for the blotting-out of a too inquisitive foreign devil. 1965 P. Ordway Night of Reckoning (1967) ii. 39 Most of us foreign devils [in Spain] found seasonal rentals a very necessary source of additional income. 2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon iv. 69 He was immediately spotted as a qwai—a foreign devil—even before people saw his face. extracted from foreignadj.n.²adv. < as lemmas
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