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地中海
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4–1–3 · di4 zhong1 hai3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dei6 zung1 hoi2
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name
- the Mediterranean Sea (a sea between Europe and Africa)
noun
- (alt-of, alternative) Alternative term for 陸間海／陆间海 (“mediterranean sea”).
- (informal, figurative) crown baldness
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