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Mandarin · pinyin wén huà céng

cultural layer (in an archaeological dig)

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文: wén · literature, culture, writing
化: huà · change, convert, reform; -ize
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层: céng · story, layer, floor, stratum

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2–4–2 · wen2 hua4 ceng2

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