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飛航

简飞航 · 繁飛航

Mandarin · pinyin fēi háng

(Tw) (of an aircraft, spacecraft etc) to fly; flight; (of an airline) to operate flights
(zoology) ballooning (dispersal through the air using strands of silk, as practiced by spiders and other arthropods)

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航: háng · sail; navigate; ship, boat
飞: fēi · fly; go quickly; dart; high

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1–2 · fei1 hang2

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noun

aviation; air navigation

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