li kì

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Vietnamese

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 離奇.

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li

  1. strange, fantastic
    Synonyms: cổ quái, kì quái
    • 2005, chapter 16, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
      Bất kể y nói câu gì ly kỳ cổ quái cũng không kỳ quái bằng câu ấy, []
      However bizarre and weird the things he said, they were still less weird than this; []