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厄爾尼諾現象

简厄尔尼诺现象 · 繁厄爾尼諾現象

Mandarin · pinyin è ěr ní nuò xiàn xiàng

El Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean

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厄: è · adversity, difficulty, distress
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尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
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現: xiàn · appear, manifest, become visible
象: xiàng · elephant; ivory; figure, image
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle
诺: nuò · promise; assent, approve
现: xiàn · appear, manifest, become visible

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4–3–2–4–4–4 · e4 er3 ni2 nuo4 xian4 xiang4

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noun

(chiefly Mainland China) the El Niño phenomenon

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