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草泥馬

简草泥马 · 繁草泥馬

Mandarin · pinyin cǎo ní mǎ

see 肏你媽 cào nǐ mā (near homophone used to avoid Internet censorship)
(Internet slang) fictional alpaca-like animal; by extension, an actual alpaca

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草: cǎo · grass, straw, thatch, herbs
泥: ní · mud, mire; earth, clay; plaster
馬: Look up this written character
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187

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3–2–3 · cao3 ni2 ma3

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intj

(Mandarin, euphemistic) fuck your mother

noun

(Mandarin, slang) frustration; anger
(slang) alpaca

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