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始新統

简始新统 · 繁始新統

Mandarin · pinyin shǐ xīn tǒng

Eocene system (geology)

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始: shǐ · begin, start; then, only then
新: xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
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统: tǒng · govern, command, control; unite

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3–1–3 · shi3 xin1 tong3

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