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再生稻

Mandarin · pinyin zài shēng dào

ratoon rice; rice plants that regrow from stubble after the first harvest, yielding a second crop

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再: zài · again, twice, re-
生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
稻: dào · rice growing in field, rice plant

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4–1–4 · zai4 sheng1 dao4

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