中山裝

Mandarin

simpl. 中山装
trad. 中山

Etymology

中山 (an alias of Sun Yat-sen's) (suit)

This type of suit was originally worn by Sun Yat-sen, and as such is still named after him in Chinese. In English, it was named after Mao, because it became so closely associated with Mao in the Western imagination.

Noun

中山裝 (traditional, Pinyin Zhōngshān zhuāng, simplified 中山装)

  1. Mao suit

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