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畜生

Mandarin · pinyin chù sheng

domestic animal
brute
bastard

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畜: chù · livestock, domestic animals
生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth

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4–5 · chu4 sheng5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cuk1 sang1

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noun

domestic animal; livestock; brute
(derogatory) beast; bugger; contemptible person; brute; bastard
(Buddhism) a beast: a generic term for animals, birds, fish and insects, as the reincarnated form of one who had bad karma in a previous life

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