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月桂樹葉

简月桂树叶 · 繁月桂樹葉

Mandarin · pinyin yuè guì shù yè

laurel leaf; bay leaf

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月: yuè · moon; month; Kangxi radical 74
桂: guì · cassia or cinnamon
樹: shù · tree; plant; set up, establish
葉: yè · leaf, petal; page of book; period
树: shù · tree; plant; set up, establish
叶: yè · to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf

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4–4–4–4 · yue4 gui4 shu4 ye4

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jyut6 gwai3 syu6 jip6

Cantonese word readings for 月桂樹葉. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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