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白骨精

Mandarin · pinyin Bái gǔ jīng

White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記 Xī yóu Jì)
(fig.) sly and cunning person

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
骨: gǔ · bone; skeleton; frame, framework; Kangxi radical 188
精: jīng · essence; semen; spirit

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2–3–1 · Bai2 gu3 jing1

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name

White Bone Demon (character from the novel 西遊記／西游记 (Xīyóujì))

noun

wicked woman
(slang) cunning person
(slang, dated) short for 白領／白领 (báilǐng) + 骨幹／骨干 (gǔgàn) + 精英 (jīngyīng)

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