Meaning of yellow horde | Babel Free
Definitions
East Asian nations or people, especially the people of China or Japan, conceived as foreign and menacing due to their vast population, non-Western cultures, or supposed antagonism to the West.
Examples
“As we rode slowly over the Lunghai Line toward Sianfu, across the brown sun-baked plains of Northern Honan, soon to be flooded when the Chinese breached the Yellow River dikes to stop⟳ the advancing Yellow Horde, we passed many troop trains en-route to the front.”
“So the Chinese and Central Asians are the barbaric, faceless, yellow horde that may once again drown⟳ the noble Slavs.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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