pàn túdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
traitor / turncoat / rebel / renegade / insurgent
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Original source entry:

叛徒 叛徒 [pan4 tu2] /traitor/turncoat/rebel/renegade/insurgent/

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Reference information

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  • 叛
    pàn

    to betray / to rebel / to revolt

  • 徒
    tú

    (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[piàn tú] "swindler" or 叛徒[pàn tú] "traitor" etc) / (bound form) on foot / (bound form) bare; empty / (bound form) to no avail; in vain / (bound form) merely; just; only / (bound form) prison sentence

    Tú

    surname Tu

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