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拉呱

Mandarin · pinyin lā gua

(dialect) to chat
to gossip

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拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
呱: gū · wail, crying of child; swear at

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1–5 · la1 gua5

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verb

(dialectal, colloquial) to chat; to chit-chat

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