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personal; private; selfish
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to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker) |
simp. and trad.
(私了)
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獅鳥／狮鸟 Cantonese sense 2
鶳 Cantonese sense 2
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Pronunciation
Verb
私了
- to settle (a matter) privately without involving authorities
- (Hong Kong, neologism, slang, of a pro-democracy protester) to extrajudicially punish a perceived opponent (which almost inevitably devolves into violence)
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