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乖 guāi
well-behaved
thousand 千 + north 北
A thousand have been chosen to go the North (a Wonderland) - only the well-behaved. The ghostly giant guards the chosen ones - especially against an enviing guy.

Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)

乖
guāi
(of a child) obedient, well-behaved/clever/shrewd/alert/perverse/contrary to reason/irregular/abnormal

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