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摩天大樓

简摩天大楼 · 繁摩天大樓

Mandarin · pinyin mó tiān dà lóu

skyscraper
Classifier: 座 zuò

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摩: mó · rub, scour, grind; friction
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
樓: Look up this written character
楼: lóu · building of two or more stories

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2–1–4–2 · mo2 tian1 da4 lou2

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skyscraper (Classifier: 座 m)

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