綠衛兵
Chinese
green | guard; watcher | ||
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trad. (綠衛兵/綠衞兵) | 綠 | 衛兵/衞兵 | |
simp. (绿卫兵) | 绿 | 卫兵 | |
Literally: “green guard”. |
Etymology
From replacing 紅/红 (hóng, “red”) in 紅衛兵/红卫兵 (hóngwèibīng, “red guard”) with 綠/绿 (lǜ, “green”). From the claim that Democratic Progressive Party supporters are militant or radical like those of the Red Guards in Maoist China.
Pronunciation
Noun
綠衛兵
- (neologism, derogatory) supporter of the Democratic Progressive Party or the pan-Green coalition of Taiwan that acts like a red guard