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孟加拉

Mandarin · pinyin Mèng jiā lā

Bengal
Bangladesh

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孟: mèng · first in series; great, eminent
加: jiā · add to, increase, augment
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen

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4–1–1 · Meng4 jia1 la1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

maang6 gaa1 laa1

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name

Bengal (a region of South Asia)
(chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia) Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

noun

(Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) fool; idiot
(Hong Kong Cantonese) a drinking game whose song starts with the line 孟加拉呀孟加拉 (“Bangladesh, oh Bangladesh”)

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