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綠茶
简 绿茶 · 繁 綠茶Mandarin · pinyin lǜ chá
Meanings
- green tea
- (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative; a girl who has these qualities
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4–2 · lu:4 cha2
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luk6 caa4
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noun
- green tea
adj
- (neologism, slang, derogatory, of a girl or woman) pretty and innocent in appearance, but promiscuous, debauched, materialistic or cunning in nature
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