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French
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Noun
péril jaune m (usually uncountable, plural périls jaunes)
- (derogatory) yellow peril
1889, Élisée Reclus, “Australie et Tasmanie”, in Nouvelle Géographie Universelle, volume XIV, page 763:Quant aux Chinois, que le grands propriétaires introduisaient jadis en foule pour l’exploitation de leurs terres et de leurs mines, ils avaient fini par constituer une classe puissante, qui menaçait les travailleurs blancs de les priver de tout gagne-pain: le « péril jaune », tel est le nom que l’on donnait à cette invasion graduelle des Chinois en Australie.- As for the Chinese, who the great land owners brought here in droves to exploit their lands and their mines, they have ended up constituting a powerful class, which menaces white workers and threatens to deprive them of their livelihoods: “yellow peril”, this is the name given to the gradual invasion of Australia by the Chinese.