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四川雉鶉

简四川雉鹑 · 繁四川雉鶉

Mandarin · pinyin Sì chuān zhì chún

(bird species of China) buff-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii)

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四: sì · four
川: chuān · stream, river; flow; boil
雉: zhì · pheasant; crenellated wall
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鹑: chún · quail; Turnix species (various)

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4–1–4–2 · Si4 chuan1 zhi4 chun2

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sei3 cyun1 zi6 ceon1

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