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地表水

Mandarin · pinyin dì biǎo shuǐ

surface water

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地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
表: biǎo · show, express, manifest, display
水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice

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4–3–3 · di4 biao3 shui3

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