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Foreign devil

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Noun
  1. 1
    A foreigner. China, archaic, derogatory

    ""Alas! I called him 'foreign devil' then. Chang, too, had much to learn." "He is speaking of Lord Macartney.""

Etymology

Calque of Cantonese 番鬼 (faan1 gwai2, literally “foreign devil”)

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