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(humorous, offensive) An epidemic of influenza or other illness associated with China or Asia.

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Flu Manchu

Source Word

Flu Manchu

humorous offensive uncountable

(humorous, offensive) An epidemic of influenza or other illness associated with China or Asia.

Japanese Meaning

中国またはアジアに関連付けられる感染症（特にインフルエンザ）流行を、ユーモラスかつ侮蔑的な文脈で表現したもの

Some people jokingly called the sudden outbreak "Flu Manchu," a phrase others condemned as xenophobic.

ある人たちはその突然の流行を冗談で「中国由来のインフルエンザ」と呼んだが、その表現を排外的だと非難する人もいた。

Sense（1）

(humorous, offensive) An epidemic of influenza or other illness associated with China or Asia.

Hysteria is mounting about this Asiatic flu from far-off places. If that's the way it is to be, let’s go all the way and call it Flu Manchu.