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小綠人

简小绿人 · 繁小綠人

Mandarin · pinyin xiǎo lǜ rén

(Tw) animated green pedestrian crossing signal figure

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小: xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
綠: lǜ · green; chlorine
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
绿: lǜ · green; chlorine

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3–4–2 · xiao3 lu:4 ren2

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noun

(science fiction or humorous) little green man (space alien)
(Taiwan, colloquial) green man (small figure of a walking man illuminated in green on a traffic light at a pedestrian crossing, indicating that it is safe to cross the road)
(geopolitics) little green man (soldier lacking identification as to create uncertainty around their allegiance)

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