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猛

Mandarin · pinyin měng

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猛: měng · violent, savage, cruel; bold

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3 · meng3

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Cantonese word readings for 猛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

ferocious; fierce; violent
bold; brave; courageous
powerful; vigorous; intense
(slang) awesome
(Cantonese) haunted; spooky
suddenly; abruptly; quickly
(colloquial) to one's heart's content
(Cantonese) continuously; vigorously; persistently; insistently
a surname

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