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環境

简环境 · 繁環境

Mandarin · pinyin huán jìng

environment
circumstances
surroundings
Classifier: 個 gè
ambient

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境: jìng · boundary, frontier; area, region
环: huán · jade ring or bracelet; ring

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2–4 · huan2 jing4

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waan4 ging2

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noun

environment (place in which people, animals and plants live); surroundings (Classifier: 個／个 m)
environment (setting or conditions in which an activity is carried out)
circumstances; context

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