光溜溜 (guāng liū) — smooth and glossy; slippery (surface, skin); bare and naked; stripped (body, landscape)
Definition
A vivid, colloquial adjective (tagged as verb) meaning 'smooth and bare' — used for surfaces that feel slick or bodies/landscapes stripped of covering. Often reduplicated for color and a casual tone.
verb
smooth and glossyslippery (surface, skin)bare and nakedstripped (body, landscape)
Examples
- 光溜溜。Zhè zhǒng shí tou mō qǐ lái guāng liū de.This kind of stone feels smooth and slippery.
- ，光溜溜。Dōng tiān shù shàng de yè zi diào guāng le, shù zhī guāng liū de.In winter, all the leaves have fallen off the tree and the branches are bare.
- ，光溜溜。Tā tì le gè guāng tóu, tóu dǐng guāng liū de.He shaved his head and his scalp is completely bare.
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