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噴子

简喷子 · 繁噴子

Mandarin · pinyin pēn zi

sprayer; spraying apparatus
(slang) firearm
Internet troll; hater

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噴: Look up this written character
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
喷: pēn · spurt, blow out, puff out

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1–5 · pen1 zi5

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noun

(colloquial) sprayer; spraying apparatus
(colloquial) shotgun
(colloquial, derogatory, Internet) troll; keyboard warrior

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