獅鳥

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Chinese

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lion bird
trad. (獅鳥)
simp. (狮鸟)

Etymology

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From 私了 (si1 liu5, “to settle a matter privately”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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獅鳥

  1. (Hong Kong, neologism, slang, of a pro-democracy protester) to extrajudicially punish a perceived opponent (which almost inevitably devolves into violence)

Usage notes

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Memeified into a mythical creature that is a hybrid of a lion and a bird.