Chinese helicopter

English

Noun

Chinese helicopter (plural not attested)

(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.

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