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大氧吧

Mandarin · pinyin dà yǎng bā

source of oxygen (of forests and nature reserves)
(cliché) lungs of the planet

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
氧: yǎng · oxygen (element 8, O)
吧: ba · emphatic final particle

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4–3–1 · da4 yang3 ba1

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