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層疊

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Mandarin · pinyin céng dié

layer upon layer
tiered

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层: céng · story, layer, floor, stratum
叠: dié · pile; be piled up; fold up

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2–2 · ceng2 die2

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verb

to pile on top of another; to layer

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