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三廢

简三废 · 繁三廢

Mandarin · pinyin sān fèi

three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水 fèi shuǐ, exhaust gas 廢氣 fèi qì, industrial slag 廢渣 fèi zhā

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三: sān · three
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废: fèi · abrogate, terminate, discard

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1–4 · san1 fei4

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saam1 fai3

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