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島

简岛 · 繁島

Mandarin · pinyin dǎo

island
Classifier: 個 gè, 座 zuò

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岛: dǎo · island

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3 · dao3

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dou2

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island (Classifier: 座 m; 個／个 m c mn; 粒 mn; 塊／块 mn)
a surname, Dao

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