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雪梨

Mandarin · pinyin xuě lí#

snow pear (pyrus nivalis)

Mandarin · pinyin Xuě lí#

Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia (Tw)

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雪: xuě · snow; wipe away shame, avenge
梨: lí · pear; opera; cut, slash

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3–2 · xue3 li2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

syut3 lei4

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noun · Etymology 1

a vernacular name for some varieties of apple pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) and Chinese white pear (Pyrus bretschneideri)

name · Etymology 2

(chiefly Taiwan, dated elsewhere) Sydney (a city in New South Wales, Australia)
(Cantonese) Sydney (a city in Nova Scotia, Canada)

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