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躁狂

Mandarin · pinyin zào kuáng

manic

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躁: zào · tense, excited, irritable
狂: kuáng · insane, mad; violent; wild

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4–2 · zao4 kuang2

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cou3 kwong4

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noun

mania

adj

manic; irritable; agitated

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