white monkey

English

Noun

white monkey (countable and uncountable, plural white monkeys)

1. (often derogatory, offensive) In China and other Asian countries, predominantly white foreigners or immigrants who are hired solely on the basis of their race, usually for work involving advertising such as modelling or acting.
2. A Chinese tea produced from green tea leaves and buds harvested during the initial two weeks of the season.

Translations

white foreigner in China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白猴子 (Bái hóuzi)

• Indonesian: monyet putih
• Russian: белая обезьяна f (belaja obezʹjana)

tea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白毛猴 (báimáo hóu)