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[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago

Is 'hanjian' like a gusano? google translate told me it meant 'rare' lol

[-] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Always better to go straight to a dictionary/Wikipedia than trust Google Translate:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanjian

In China, the word hanjian (traditional Chinese: 漢奸; simplified Chinese: 汉奸; pinyin: Hànjiān; Wade--Giles: han^4^-chien^1^) is a pejorative term for those seen as traitors to the Chinese state and, to a lesser extent, Han Chinese ethnicity. The word hanjian is distinct from the general word for traitor, which could be used for any country or ethnicity. As a Chinese term, it is composed of the Chinese characters for "Han" and "traitor". Han is the majority ethnic group in China; and Jian, means treacherous, and in Chinese legal language, it could also refer to illicit sex. Implied by this term was a Han Chinese carrying on an illicit relationship with the enemy. Hanjian is often worded as "collaborator" or "collaborationist" in the West.

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