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咔啦

Mandarin · pinyin kǎ lā

crispy, deep-fried (variant of 卡拉 kǎ lā)

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咔: kā · used in translation
啦: la · final particle of assertion

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3–1 · ka3 la1

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adj

(Taiwan, attributive, usually of chicken) crispy-fried; deep-fried; karaage

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