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日照

Mandarin · pinyin rì zhào#

sunshine

Mandarin · pinyin Rì zhào#

see 日照市 Rì zhào Shì

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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
照: zhào · shine, illumine, reflect

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4–4 · ri4 zhao4

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verb

(of the sun) to shine

noun

sunshine
(literary) umbrella

name

(～市) Rizhao (a city in Shandong, China)

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