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出土

Mandarin · pinyin chū tǔ

to dig up
to appear in an excavation
unearthed
to come up out of the ground

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出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
土: tǔ · soil, earth; items made of earth

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1–3 · chu1 tu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ceot1 tou2

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verb

to come up out of the ground
to excavate; to unearth; to dig up
(Hokkien) to make a fool of oneself

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