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繫放

简系放 · 繁繫放

Mandarin · pinyin xì fàng

to tag (an animal, for scientific research); to band (a bird)

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放: fàng · put, release, free, liberate
系: xì · system; line, link, connection

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4–4 · xi4 fang4

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