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水菖蒲

Mandarin · pinyin shuǐ chāng pú

Acorus calamus
sweet sedge or sweet flag

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水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
菖: chāng · iris, sweet flag, calamus
蒲: pú · type of rush; vine

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3–1–2 · shui3 chang1 pu2

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seoi2 coeng1 pou4

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noun

sweet flag (Acorus calamus)

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