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烙印

Mandarin · pinyin lào yìn

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烙: lào · brand, burn; branding iron
印: yìn · print, seal, stamp, chop, mark

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4–4 · lao4 yin4

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noun

brand (identifying mark burnt on livestock or implements)
(figurative) indelible mark; stigma; lasting mark
(American (1980–), Internet slang) alternative form of 老印 (lǎoyìn, “Indian people”)

verb

(verb-object) to brand (to burn a mark on livestock or implements)
(verb-object) to put a lasting mark; to imprint

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