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棲居

简栖居 · 繁棲居

Mandarin · pinyin qī jū

to inhabit; to live in (forests, mountains or wetlands etc)

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居: jū · live, dwell, reside, sit
栖: qī · perch; roost; stay

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1–1 · qi1 ju1

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