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快

Mandarin · pinyin kuài

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快: kuài · rapid, quick, speedy, fast; soon

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4 · kuai4

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pleased; happy
forthright; plainspoken
rapid; quick; speedy; fast
(of knives, scissors, axes, etc.) sharp; sharp-edged
keen; quick-witted
quickly; hurriedly
to be about to; almost
(of time zones) to be ahead of

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