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Mandarin · pinyin lù lù

ordinary; commonplace
busy; bustling about

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碌: lù · rough, uneven, rocky; mediocre

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4–4 · lu4 lu4

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adj

(ideophonic) rolling (of wheels, eyeballs, etc.); constantly turning
(ideophonic) busy with miscellaneous work
(ideophonic) mediocre; ordinary; earthly; banal

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