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戈壁荒灘

简戈壁荒滩 · 繁戈壁荒灘

Mandarin · pinyin Gē bì huāng tān

barren sands of the Gobi desert

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戈: gē · halberd, spear, lance; rad. 62
壁: bì · partition wall; walls of a house; 14th lunar mansion, determinative star γ Pegasi (Algenib)
荒: huāng · wasteland, desert; uncultivated
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滩: tān · bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids

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1–4–1–1 · Ge1 bi4 huang1 tan1

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gwo1 bik1 fong1 taan1

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