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氪肝

Mandarin · pinyin kè gān

(slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing a video game (rather than pay for power-ups)

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氪: kè · krypton (element 36, Kr)
肝: gān · liver

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4–1 · ke4 gan1

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