"Bandit" is a Chinese word, and its pinyin is t ǔ f ě i. Specifically, soil refers to the original and native land, while bandits refer to thieves and robbers. Therefore, bandits refer to thieves or robbers who engage in illegal activities such as robbery and plunder.

In ancient China, bandits used to be very common, especially in the period of social unrest, and their activities became more rampant, which brought great threats to social security at that time.

Although the society is relatively stable now, the word bandit is still used in some spoken languages, such as "a thief is a bandit" and so on. In addition, bandits are widely used in some novels, movies, TV plays and other literary works, and become a cultural symbol. For example, there are many famous bandits in Water Margin, such as Song Jiang and Wu Song.