假洋鬼子

jiǎyángguǐzi ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ

    • wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners

      derog.

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Saying俗语俗語

Idiom惯用语 · Widely known

Literally
fake foreign devil
Meaning
A person who imitates or poses as a foreigner, or apes Western ways, to raise their own status. Contemptuous; famous from Lu Xun's writing.

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