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Chinese
Etymology
From Mencius:
今也南蠻鴃舌之人，非先王之道，子倍子之師而學之，亦異於曾子矣。
今也南蛮𫛞舌之人，非先王之道，子倍子之师而学之，亦异于曾子矣。 - From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Jīn yě nánmánjuéshé zhī rén, fēi xiānwáng zhī dào, zǐ bèi zǐ zhī shī ér xué zhī, yì yì yú Zēngzǐ yǐ.
- Now here is this shrike-tongued barbarian of the south, whose doctrines are not those of the ancient kings. You turn away from your master and become his disciple. Your conduct is different indeed from that of the philosopher Zeng.
Note that in the pre-Qin period when this term was coined, the Chinese language was not spoken in the area known as South China today. See Old Yue language.
Pronunciation
Idiom
南蠻鴃舌
- (derogatory) to speak the language of the southern barbarians or a dialect of southern China