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傲嬌

简傲娇 · 繁傲嬌

Mandarin · pinyin ào jiāo

(coll.) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside (loanword from Japanese "tsundere")

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傲: ào · proud, haughty, overbearing
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娇: jiāo · seductive and loveable; tender

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4–1 · ao4 jiao1

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ngou6 giu1

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noun

(originally ACG, neologism, especially of a girl) tsundere

adj

(originally ACG, neologism, especially of a girl) tsundere

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