日本鬼子 rì běn guǐ zi

DEFINITIONS

  1. Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)

CHARACTERS

日 rì sun; day; daytime
本 běn root, origin, source; basis
鬼 guǐ ghost; spirit of dead; devil
子 zi offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch