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物競天擇

简 物竞天择 · 繁 物競天擇
Mandarin · pinyin wù jìng tiān zé

Meanings

  1. natural selection
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物
wù · thing, substance, creature
競
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天
tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
擇
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竞
jìng · contend, vie, compete
择
zé · select, choose, pick out
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4–4–1–2 · wu4 jing4 tian1 ze2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mat6 ging3 tin1 zaak6

Cantonese word readings for 物競天擇. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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mat6 ging6 tin1 zaak6

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