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涼拌

简凉拌 · 繁涼拌

Mandarin · pinyin liáng bàn

to dress cold food with sauce
(slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using 拌 bàn instead of its homophone 辦 bàn)

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涼: liáng · cool, cold; disheartened
拌: bàn · mix
凉: liáng · cool, cold; disheartened

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2–4 · liang2 ban4

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verb

(cooking) to prepare a cold dish by mixing with condiments, sauce etc; to dress cold food with sauce; to toss with sauce (especially salads)

intj

(Mandarin, slang, homophonic play on 辦／办 (bàn, “to do”)) there's nothing you can do about it; what you gonna do?

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