推普機

Chinese

to promote Putonghua machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (推普機) 推普 機
simp. (推普机) 推普 机

Etymology

Near homophonous pair between 推普 (tuīpǔ, “Putonghua promotion”) and 推土 (tuītǔ, “to bulldoze”), possibly implying that radical Putonghua promotors destroy dialects as if they are bulldozers.

Pronunciation

Noun

推普機

  1. (Mainland China, Internet slang, derogatory) radical Putonghua promoter
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