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Mandarin · pinyin liáng liáng

slightly cold
cool
(neologism) (slang) to be done for
about to be obliterated
(of a place or a person) desolate

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涼: liáng · cool, cold; disheartened
凉: liáng · cool, cold; disheartened

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2–2 · liang2 liang2

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adj

slightly cold; chilly
(originally literary, now slang, neologism) deserted; unpopular; (slang) disappointed; downhearted
(slang, neologism) be done for; be finished or destroyed; gone for the dogs; curtains (for someone)

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