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小仙女

Mandarin · pinyin xiǎo xiān nǚ

girl fairy
beautiful girl or young woman
(neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman

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小: xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
仙: xiān · Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal
女: nǚ · woman, girl; feminine; Kangxi radical 38; 10th lunar mansion, determinative star ε Aquarii (Albali)

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3–1–3 · xiao3 xian1 nu:3

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noun

(originally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 小 (xiǎo), 仙女 (xiānnǚ). a little fairy
(Mainland China, Internet slang, now ironic, sarcastic and offensive) beautiful and cute young lady, but now used as an sarcastic word for the radical feminists; she-devil; vixen; witch; shrew; whore; bitch; slut

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