yellow peril

English

Alternative forms

Noun

yellow peril (singulare tantum)

(derogatory, racially offensive, sometimes capitalized) The alleged threat to Western nations by East Asians, especially Chinese or Japanese people, due to their vast population, non-Western cultures, or supposed antagonism to the West.
(derogatory, racially offensive, sometimes capitalized) East Asian nations or peoples, conceived as threatening.

Synonyms

(East Asian nations or peoples conceived as threatening): yellow horde

Translations

perceived threat from East Asia

Chinese:
Mandarin: 黃禍 (zh), 黄祸 (zh) (huánghuò)
Finnish: keltainen vaara
French: péril jaune (fr) m
German: gelbe Gefahr f
Japanese: 黄禍論 (おうかろん, ōkaran, こうかろん, kōkaran)

Kazakh: сары қауіп (sarı qawip)
Korean: 황화 (hwanghwa) (黃禍)
Russian: жёлтая угро́за f (žóltaja ugróza), жёлтая опа́сность f (žóltaja opásnostʹ)
Spanish: peligro amarillo m
Uyghur: سېرىق ئاپەت‎ (sëriq apet)

References

yellow peril at OneLook Dictionary Search

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