See also: 胡蘿卜 and 胡萝卜

Chinese

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barbarian; recklessly; surname radish, especially the daikon or Chinese radish; carrot
trad. (胡蘿蔔) 蘿蔔
simp. (胡萝卜) 萝卜
alternative forms 胡蘿卜 nonstandard
胡老蔔胡老卜 Northern Wu
Literally: “foreign radish”.
 
胡蘿蔔/胡萝卜

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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胡蘿蔔

  1. carrot
    胡蘿蔔政策 [MSC, trad.]
    胡萝卜政策 [MSC, simp.]
    húluóbo jiā dà bàng zhèngcè [Pinyin]
    carrot and stick policy
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Etymology 2

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Near-homophonic translation of English flop.

Verb

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胡蘿蔔

  1. (Mainland China, fandom slang) to flop
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