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乾脆利落

简干脆利落 · 繁乾脆利落

Mandarin · pinyin gān cuì lì luo

(of speech or actions) direct and efficient
without fooling around

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乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
脆: cuì · crisp; fragile, frail; brittle
利: lì · gains, advantage, profit, merit
落: luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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1–4–4–5 · gan1 cui4 li4 luo5

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