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咧

lie / liě

咧lie

1. modal particle particle: relaxed closure (dialectal, colloquial)

   算咧，不管了。

   Suàn lie, bù guǎn le.

   Forget it — I'm done bothering.

咧liě

1. verb to stretch the corners of the mouth; to grin

   他咧着嘴笑。

   Tā liě zhe zuǐ xiào.

   He grinned from ear to ear.

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