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痛車

简痛车 · 繁痛車

Mandarin · pinyin tòng chē

(ACG) car decorated with images of characters from anime, manga etc (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 痛車 "itasha")

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痛: tòng · pain, ache; sorry, sad; bitter
車: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159
车: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in cart

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4–1 · tong4 che1

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noun

itasha (vehicle decorated with images of fictional anime, manga, or game characters)

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