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鬧太套
简 闹太套 · 繁 鬧太套Mandarin · pinyin nào tài tào
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- (Internet slang) transcription of "not at all" – English words in a song promoting the 2008 Beijing Olympics sung by Huang Xiaoming 黃曉明 Huáng Xiǎo míng, who became a laughing stock in China because his pronunciation was perceived as embarrassingly bad
- to be a laughing stock
- to make a fool of oneself (i.e. equivalent to 鬧笑話 nào xiào hua)
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- (slang) not at all (generally a stab at Huang Xiaoming (黃曉明) for his bad English)
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