水陸

简 水陆 · 繁 水陸
Mandarin · pinyin shuǐ lù

Meanings

  1. water and land
  2. by water and land (transport)
  3. amphibian
  4. delicacies from land and sea
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水
shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
陸
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陆
lù · land, continental; army
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3–4 · shui3 lu4

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noun

  1. water and land
  2. water and land routes; water and land transportation
  3. (literary) delicacies from land and sea

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