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verb

Etymology

From the phrase "Get ready to learn Chinese, buddy," originating from an image macro falsely quoting NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in reference to controversy surrounding player Kyrie Irving, suggesting that Irving should be exiled to lower-tier Chinese league.

  1. derived from league

Definitions

  1. To quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not…

    To quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not deserve their current place.

    • Our best starting line up against 18th in League 1, we either win 5-0 or every single one of those players need to start learning Chinese.
    • Absolute ass bowling. no swing at all, 115kph bouncers to short ball veterans. Always ruins the pp spell of Tushar. I expected so much from him, really disappointed. Better turn the things around or learn Chinese
    • “Every single hater who told me to learn Chinese, I’m glad because I’m going to Shanghai” Asuna shut the haters down 🔒

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see learn, Chinese.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for learn Chinese. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA