黃軍

See also: 黄军

Chinese

yellow army; military; arms
trad. (黃軍) 黃 軍
simp. (黄军) 黄 军

Etymology

From 皇軍 / 皇军 (huángjūn, “imperial army”), self-proclaimed title of the Japanese army during the Second World War. 皇 (huáng, “imperial”) was later changed by the Chinese to its homophone 黃 / 黄 (huáng, “yellow”), both as a pun and as an indication of the colour of the uniform worn by the Japanese at the time.

Pronunciation

Noun

黃軍

  1. (historical) the Japanese army during World War II
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.