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黑天鵝

简 黑天鹅 · 繁 黑天鵝
Mandarin · pinyin hēi tiān é

Meanings

  1. black swan
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黑
hēi · black; dark; evil, sinister; Kangxi radical 203
天
tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
鵝
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鹅
é · goose
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1–1–2 · hei1 tian1 e2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hak1 tin1 ngo4

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noun

  1. black swan (Cygnus atratus)
  2. black swan (rare and hard-to-predict event with major consequences)

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