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膿包

简脓包 · 繁膿包

Mandarin · pinyin nóng bāo

pustule
(fig.) worthless person
a good-for-nothing
useless weakling

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包: bāo · wrap, pack, bundle; package
脓: nóng · pus

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noun

(medicine) pustule
(figurative, colloquial) good-for-nothing

adj

(Jinan, Liuzhou and Nanjing Mandarin) useless; of no use

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