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Singapore has opened up post-pandemic, so the shop is re-opened for business! Sorry for the long wait!

China's Unofficial Chinese Character of the Year for 2018

By Ink Jade Studio on December 27, 2018
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Practicing China's unofficial Chinese character of the year for 2018, a newly-made up compound character meaning being so ugly and poor you have to eat dirt.

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