Definition
旗号 literally means 'flag' or 'banner', but in modern Chinese it is almost always used figuratively with a derogatory sense. It refers to a pretense or claimed principle that someone uses to disguise their real, often selfish or harmful, intentions. The most common collocation is 打…的旗号 (to act under the banner of…), where the speaker criticizes the gap between the proclaimed banner and the actual behavior.
n.
(literal) flagbanner(figurative, derogatory) pretenseguisebanner used to disguise one's real intentions
Examples
- 旗号，。Nà jiā gōngsī dǎzhe huánbǎo de qí hào, shíjìshàng shì zài pòhuài huánjìng.That company is acting under the banner of environmental protection, but in reality it is destroying the environment.
- 旗号，。Tā dǎzhe bāngzhù qióngrén de qí hào, què lìyòng tāmen de xìnrèn lái móuqǔ lìyì.He used the banner of helping the poor to exploit their trust for personal gain.
- 旗号。Yǒuxiē zhèngkè yǐ mínzhǔ de qí hào lái yǎngài tāmen de dúcái běnzhì.Some politicians use the banner of democracy to conceal their authoritarian nature.
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