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外協

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Mandarin · pinyin wài xié

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people who judge others by their looks (abbr. for 外貌協會 wài mào xié huì)

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外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
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协: xié · be united; cooperate

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4–2 · wai4 xie2

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ngoi6 hip3

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noun

(slang, neologism) short for 外貌協會／外貌协会 (wàimào xiéhuì, ““association” of people who judge others based solely on appearance; obsession with appearance; superficiality; shallowness; lookism”)

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