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倭wo1寇kau3

wo1 kau3Wō kòu

English

  1. Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
  2. Wokou, pejorative for Japanese pirates raiding the coast of China and Korea, literally "dwarf bandit"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 明朝時對日本海盜嘅稱呼

Sources: cc-cedict, words.hk

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