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猫腻

māo nì

2-character word Traditional 貓膩

What 猫腻 means

colloquialsomething fishy; shenanigans

The characters in 猫腻

猫māocat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword; colloquial) modem
腻nìgreasy; soft; unctuous

Sounds the same

Read māo nì, tone for tone, but written differently.

猫匿variant of 猫腻

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