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單身狗

简单身狗 · 繁單身狗

Mandarin · pinyin dān shēn gǒu

(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)

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身: shēn · body; trunk, hull; Kangxi radical 158
狗: gǒu · dog, Canis familiaris
单: dān · single, individual, only; lone

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1–1–3 · dan1 shen1 gou3

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daan1 san1 gau2

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noun

(neologism, slang, often self-deprecatory) single person; singleton

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