Chinese helicopter

English

Noun

Chinese helicopter (plural not attested)

1. (Singapore, derogatory) A Singaporean who was educated in a Chinese-medium school and is not well versed in English.
   • 1985, M. Chiang, Army Daze, page 43:

     The story goes that a recruit, when asked what school he came from, answered ‘Chinese helucated’, which went down in the army annals as Chinese helicopter.

References

• “Chinese helicopter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.