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五筒

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Chinese

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five tube; cylinder
trad. (五筒)
simp. #(五筒)
The "5 Circle" mahjong tile.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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五筒

  1. the "5 Circle" mahjong tile
  2. (Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism) military annexation; forced unification (generally used within the context of Taiwan)

Synonyms

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Verb

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五筒

  1. (Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism) to annex; to unify by force (generally used within the context of Taiwan)

Usage notes

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  • To circumvent censorship-based keyword filters, Internet users in Mainland China may use the homophone 五筒 (wǔtǒng) as a substitute of 武統武统 (wǔtǒng, “military annexation”). These words are only homophones in Mandarin.