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惡搞
简 恶搞 · 繁 惡搞Mandarin · pinyin è gǎo
Meanings
- spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
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4–3 · e4 gao3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ok3 gaau2
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verb
- to parody; to make a spoof of
adj
- (Cantonese) difficult to handle; difficult to deal with
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