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撒哈拉以南非洲

Mandarin · pinyin Sā hā lā yǐ nán Fēi zhōu

sub-Saharan Africa

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撒: sā · release, cast away, let go; disperse; relax
哈: hā · sound of laughter
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
以: yǐ · by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
南: nán · south; southern part; southward
非: fēi · not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175
洲: zhōu · continent; island; islet

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1–1–1–3–2–1–1 · Sa1 ha1 la1 yi3 nan2 Fei1 zhou1

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sub-Saharan Africa

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