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草包

Mandarin · pinyin cǎo bāo

bag made of woven straw
bag filled with straw
(fig.) a good-for-nothing
clumsy oaf

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草: cǎo · grass, straw, thatch, herbs
包: bāo · wrap, pack, bundle; package

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3–1 · cao3 bao1

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noun

(literally) straw bag
(figurative, colloquial) good-for-nothing; layabout; useless person

adj

(Mainland China Hokkien) rash and sloppy; crude and careless
(Southern Pinghua) useless

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