攘夷 (rǎngyí): to repel the barbarians

Meanings

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

Characters

攘

barbarians (classical)

Examples

齐桓公提出了"尊王攘夷"的口号。

Qí Huángōng tíchū le "zūn wáng rǎng yí" 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。

Mòmò Rìběn liúxíng zūn wáng rǎng yí 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.