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巴馬乾酪

简巴马干酪 · 繁巴馬乾酪

Mandarin · pinyin Bā mǎ gān lào

Parmesan cheese

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
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乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
酪: lào · cream, cheese; koumiss
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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1–3–1–4 · Ba1 ma3 gan1 lao4

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