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日本沼蝦

简日本沼虾 · 繁日本沼蝦

Mandarin · pinyin Rì běn zhǎo xiā

oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also called 青蝦 qīng xiā

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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
本: běn · root, origin, source; basis
沼: zhǎo · lake, fishpond, swamps
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虾: xiā · shrimp, prawn

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4–3–3–1 · Ri4 ben3 zhao3 xia1

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