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催更

Mandarin · pinyin cuī gēng

(slang) (of a follower) to urge (a blogger etc) to post some fresh content (abbr. for 催促更新 cuī cù gēng xīn)

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催: cuī · press, urge
更: gèng · more, still further, much more; to change, alter

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1–1 · cui1 geng1

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(Internet slang) to pester for updates

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