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洋奴

Word · Noun

foreign lackey; person who worships foreigners

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

person who blindly worships foreign things and willingly serves foreigners; foreign lackey

derogatory

A strongly derogatory term historically used to criticize those who blindly admired Western powers and served foreign interests. The term carries heavy negative connotations and is often used in political or historical contexts.

Nà那
gè个
yáng洋
nú奴
duì对
wài外
guó国
rén人
diǎn点
tóu头
hā哈
yāo腰
 ,
duì对
zì自
jǐ己
de的
tóng同
bāo胞
què却
zhǐ趾
gāo高
qì气
yáng扬
 。

That foreign lackey bows and scrapes to foreigners but acts arrogantly toward his own compatriots.

Zài在
nà那
gè个
nián年
dài代
 ,
bèi被
chēng称
wéi为
yáng洋
nú奴
shì是
yī一
jiàn件
jí极
qí其
kě可
chǐ耻
de的
shì事
 。

In those days, being called a foreign lackey was an extremely shameful thing.

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Tā他
nìng宁
yuàn愿
bèi被
mà骂
zuò作
yáng洋
nú奴
 ,
yě也
yào要
bǎ把
gōng公
sī司
mài卖
gěi给
wài外
guó国
zī资
běn本
jiā家
 。

He would rather be scolded as a foreign lackey than sell his company to foreign capitalists.