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Mandarin · pinyin shàng miàn jí

(rocketry) upper stage

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上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
面: miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
級: jí · level, rank, class; grade
级: jí · level, rank, class; grade

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4–4–2 · shang4 mian4 ji2

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