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东洋鬼子

Dōng yáng guǐ zi

4-character word Traditional 東洋鬼子

What 东洋鬼子 means

1. (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931–1945) Jap; Nip

The characters in 东洋鬼子

• 东dōngeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 洋yángocean; vast; foreign
• 鬼guǐdisembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc…
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子