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#1·8d agoGlobalcasual

(Singapour, familier, mildly, _, péjoratif) Emprunt à l'anglais. Afraid to lose out, particularly because one is overly competitive.

No wonder the parents acted that way, she said. They were just being kia-su (afraid to lose out).
Source: Slangora editorial — AI-translated from EN
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