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大牛

Mandarin · pinyin dà niú

(coll.) leading light
superstar
badass
(coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
牛: niú · cow, ox, bull; Kangxi radical 93; 9th lunar mansion, determinative star β Capricorni (Dabih)

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4–2 · da4 niu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 ngau4

Cantonese word readings for 大牛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(Mainland China Mandarin, neologism, slang) remarkable person
(Mainland China Mandarin, slang) higher-priced model of Lamborghini
(Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) 500-dollar note (Classifier: 張／张 c)

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