The locomotive's name, Mat Salleh, is also colonial-era: it is a mildly derogatory Malay term for "white man", deriving from a corruption of "mad sailor".

火车头被命名为“马特.撒赖”，也颇有殖民时代的意味：那是稍带揶揄的马来语，意思是“白人”，从胡作非为的“发疯水手”一词引申出来。

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The locomotive's name, Mat Salleh, is also colonial-era: it is a mildly derogatory Malay term for "white man", deriving from a corruption of "mad sailor".

火车头被命名为“马特。撒赖”，也颇有殖民时代的意味：那是稍带揶揄的马来语，意思是“白人”，从胡作非为的“发疯水手”一词引申出来。

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