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Where does “長髪賊” come from?

長髪賊 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 賊, from Middle Chinese 賊.

長髪賊 (Japanese): Taiping rebels

Definitions

  1. Taiping rebels

Ancestry of “長髪賊”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese賊thief; rebel
2Middle Chinese賊—
Every word from Middle Chinese 賊 →