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坐山雕

Mandarin · pinyin zuò shān diāo

cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)

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坐: zuò · sit; seat; ride, travel by
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
雕: diāo · engrave, inlay, carve; exhaust; (same as 鵰) an eagle, vulture

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4–1–1 · zuo4 shan1 diao1

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cinereous vulture

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