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Chinese
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wolf
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do violence; go against
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| trad. (狼戾)
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狼
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戾
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| simp. #(狼戾)
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狼
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戾
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| alternative forms
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郎黎 Cantonese colloquial
啷黎 Cantonese colloquial
啷厲／啷厉 Cantonese colloquial
啷嚟 Cantonese colloquial
狼賴／狼赖 Hakka colloquial
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Pronunciation 1
Adjective
狼戾
- (archaic) with a savageness like that of a wolf
- (archaic or Hakka) messily piled up; scattered in a disorderly manner
你間屋仔十分狼戾噢！ [Meixian Hakka, trad.]
你间屋仔十分狼戾噢！ [Meixian Hakka, simp.]- n2 gian1 wug5 ê3 seb6 fun1 long2 lai4 o3! [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]
- Your room is too messy!
樂歲，粒米狼戾，多取之而不為虐，則寡取之；凶年，糞其田而不足，則必取盈焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
乐岁，粒米狼戾，多取之而不为虐，则寡取之；凶年，粪其田而不足，则必取盈焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Lèsuì, lì mǐ lánglì, duō qǔ zhī ér bù wéi nüè, zé guǎ qǔ zhī; xiōngnián, fèn qí tián ér bù zú, zé bì qǔ yíng yān.
- In good years, when the grain lies about in abundance, much might be taken without its being oppressive, and the actual exaction would be small. But in bad years, the produce being not sufficient to repay the manuring of the fields, this system still requires the taking of the full amount.
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Pronunciation 2
Adjective
狼戾
- (Cantonese, colloquial) unreasonable and rude
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Japanese
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