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Simplified凉拌
Traditional涼拌
Pinyinliáng bàn
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凉拌
liáng bàn · to dress cold food with sauce; (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using 拌[ban4] instead of its homophone 辦|办[ban4])
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凉快liángkuai
pleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off; (Tw) (slang) (of clothing) scanty; revealing; (coll.) to stay out of it; to butt out
凉liángcool; cold; the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
着凉zháoliángto catch cold; Taiwan pr. [zhao1 liang2]
拌bànto mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad)
荒凉huāngliángdesolate
搅拌jiǎobànto stir; to agitate