"Chinese helicopter" meaning in English

See Chinese helicopter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Chinese helicopters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Chinese helicopter (plural Chinese helicopters)
  1. (Singapore, derogatory) A Singaporean who was educated in a Chinese-medium school and is not well versed in English. Tags: Singapore, derogatory Coordinate_terms: banana, inverse term referring to Chinese who speak English but cannot understand their native language
    Sense id: en-Chinese_helicopter-en-noun-8M8yvXdP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Singapore English

Inflected forms

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