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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries江湖郎中
Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiānghú lángzhōng
"这个江湖郎中骗了村民很多钱。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan or trickster.
"The traveling salesman proved to be a mere mountebank selling useless remedies."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Italian 'montambanco' or 'monte in banco', literally meaning 'one who mounts on a bench', referring to a quack doctor or charlatan who climbed onto a bench in public places to hawk fake medicines.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mountebank" is said worldwide
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saltimbanque
Transliteration: saltimbanque
"C'était un simple saltimbanque cherchant à tromper les foules."
Marktschreier
Transliteration: Marktschreier
"Der Betrüger war nur ein geschickter Marktschreier."
saltimbanco
Transliteration: saltimbanco
"Quel venditore ambulante si è rivelato un vero saltimbanco."
charlatán
Transliteration: charlatán
"El supuesto doctor resultó ser un charlatán sin escrúpulos."
charlatão
Transliteration: charlatão
"Ele era apenas um charlatão vendendo falsas curas."
धोखेबाज
Transliteration: dhokhebaz
"वह ठग और धोखेबाज निकला।"
江湖郎中
Transliteration: jiānghú lángzhōng
"这个江湖郎中骗了村民很多钱。"
돌팔이
Transliteration: dolpari
"그는 약을 파는 속임수꾼이자 돌팔이였다."
ペテン師
Transliteration: petenshi
"彼は市民をだますペテン師にすぎなかった。"
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