私了

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Chinese

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personal; private; selfish
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)
alternative forms 獅鳥狮鸟 Cantonese sense 2
Cantonese sense 2

Pronunciation

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Verb

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私了

  1. to settle (a matter) privately without involving authorities
  2. (Hong Kong, neologism, slang, of a pro-democracy protester) to extrajudicially punish a perceived opponent (which almost inevitably devolves into violence)

Antonyms

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