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gelivable

A Chinglish (Chinese-English; 给力) word, meaning "be able to excite, make someone feel cheerful." "ge-" in Chinese means to give; "li-" means power, strength or energy. Example: "Wow, China overtakes Japan as world's second-biggest economy, it is so gelivable!"

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