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大麥地

简大麦地 · 繁大麥地

Mandarin · pinyin Dà mài dì

place name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured to be a stage in the development of Chinese characters

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
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地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
麦: mài · wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of Kangxi radical 199

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4–4–4 · Da4 mai4 di4

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daai6 mak6 dei6

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