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埃塞俄比亞界

简埃塞俄比亚界 · 繁埃塞俄比亞界

Mandarin · pinyin Āi sài é bǐ yà jiè

(biogeography) the Afrotropical realm (formerly, the Ethiopian Zone)

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埃: āi · fine dust, dirt
塞: sāi · stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier; fortress
俄: é · sudden(ly), soon; Russian
比: bǐ · to compare, liken; comparison; than; hexagram ䷇
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界: jiè · boundary, limit; domain; society; the world
亚: yà · Asia; second

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1–4–2–3–4–4 · Ai1 sai4 e2 bi3 ya4 jie4

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