烏龍

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: ou1 lêng5
POJ: o͘-lêng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: mistake; mix-up; blunder, oolong (tea)
烏龍

Extremely polysemous (black dragon, dog, horse, cricket, oolong tea, place/dog name, colloquial 'mishap') all share this reading; picked the two most salient modern colloquial senses.

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