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霸道總裁

简霸道总裁 · 繁霸道總裁

Mandarin · pinyin bà dào zǒng cái

handsome high-powered businessman (a type of character in an eponymous genre of romantic fiction who typically has a soft spot for a girl of lower social status)

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霸: bà · rule by might rather than right
道: dào · path, road, street; method, way
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裁: cái · cut out; decrease
总: zǒng · collect; overall, altogether

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4–4–3–2 · ba4 dao4 zong3 cai2

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