攘夷

rǎngyí

verb

Meanings

1 to repel the barbarians
2 to expel foreigners (classical / historical)

Characters

to push away; expel

barbarians (classical)

Examples

齐桓公提出了"尊王攘夷"的口号。

Qí Huán gōng tíchū le " zūn wáng rǎngyí " de kǒuhào.

Duke Huan of Qi raised the slogan 'revere the king, repel the barbarians'.

幕末日本流行尊王攘夷的思想。

Mù mòrì běn liúxíng zūn wáng rǎngyí de sīxiǎng.

In late-Tokugawa Japan, the 'revere the emperor, expel the barbarians' ideology was widespread.

Tips

history

The phrase 尊王攘夷 originates with Duke Huan of Qi and his minister Guan Zhong (~7th century BCE) — rallying Zhou-dynasty vassals against nomadic incursions. Bakumatsu Japan revived it (sonnō jōi 尊皇攘夷) as the slogan against Western powers in the 1850s–60s.

Stroke Order

攘 rǎng

夷 yí