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地栽

Mandarin · pinyin dì zāi

to grow in open ground (as opposed to pot cultivation 盆栽 pén zāi)

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地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
栽: zāi · to cultivate, plant; to care for plants

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4–1 · di4 zai1

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