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黑hak1化faa3

hak1 faa3haak1 faa3hēi huà

English

  1. to blacken
  2. (slang) to undergo a transformation to a malevolent personality (often, precipitated by intense psychological stress)
  3. to change characteristic of drama, comics character, from good to evil, from hero to villain

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容戲劇、漫畫中嘅人物性格轉變，由善良到邪惡、英雄到反派

Sources: cc-cedict, words.hk

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