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懦弱

Mandarin · pinyin nuò ruò

cowardly; weak

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懦: nuò · weak, timid, cowardly
弱: ruò · weak; fragile, delicate

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4–4 · nuo4 ruo4

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no6 joek6

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adj

cowardly and weak
(Hokkien) spiritless and lazy; without energy; lackadaisical; indolent; listless; weak-willed; languid

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