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倭寇

Mandarin · pinyin Wō kòu

Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)

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倭: wō · dwarf; dwarfish, short
寇: kòu · bandits, thieves; enemy; invade

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1–4 · Wo1 kou4

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noun

(historical) wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)
(ethnic slur) Japanese person, a Jap

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