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社牛

Mandarin · pinyin shè niú

(slang) extreme extrovert; socially fearless person (abbr. for 社交牛逼症 shè jiāo niú bī zhèng)

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社: shè · god of the soil and altars to him; group of families; company, society
牛: niú · cow, ox, bull; Kangxi radical 93; 9th lunar mansion, determinative star β Capricorni (Dabih)

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4–2 · she4 niu2

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(Internet slang) utterly uninhibited in interacting with strangers

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