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一年生

Mandarin · pinyin yī nián shēng

(botany) (of a plant) annual

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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
年: nián · year; new-years; person's age
生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth

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1–2–1 · yi1 nian2 sheng1

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adj

(botany, of a plant) annual

noun

(archaic) first-year student; first-grade student

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