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好料

Mandarin · pinyin hǎo liào

sth of good quality
good person (usu. in the negative)
(Tw) delicious food

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好: hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
料: liào · consider, conjecture; materials, ingredients

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3–4 · hao3 liao4

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noun

(Southern Min, Hakka, Taiwanese and Malaysian Mandarin) something good (especially delicious food)
(Southern Min, Mandarin) good people (usually in negative form)

adj

(Southern Min) good (quality)

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