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美食荒漠

Mandarin · pinyin měi shí huāng mò

culinary desert

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美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
荒: huāng · wasteland, desert; uncultivated
漠: mò · desert; aloof, indifferent, cool

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3–2–1–4 · mei3 shi2 huang1 mo4

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noun

(neologism) food desert

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