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chǐ
  1. 1.extravagant
  2. 2.wasteful
  3. 3.exaggerating

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  1. 1.extravagant; wasteful; excessive; luxurious
  2. 2.exaggerated; overstated

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l̥ʰjalʔ): semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 多 (OC *ʔl'aːl). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g(r/l)aːj (“scatter, sow, dispersedly widely; wide; star”) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007). * Inside Sinitic, cognate with 哆 (OC *ʔl'aːlʔ), 移 (OC *lal), 離 (OC *reːls, *rel, *rels) (STEDT), as well as 㢋 (Hill (2019)); * Outside Sinitic, cognate with Burmese ကျယ် (kyai, “wide”), Mizo tai (“scatter, disperse”), Northern Qiang [Term?] (ʁdʐə, “star”) (Mawo), Southern Qiang [Term?] (χdʐe³³pe⁵⁵, “star”) (Taoping), etc. (ibid.).

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