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沖積

简冲积 · 繁沖積

Mandarin · pinyin chōng jī

to alluviate
alluviation
alluvial

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冲: chōng · soar; pour boiling water over
积: jī · accumulate, store up, amass

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1–1 · chong1 ji1

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cung1 zik1

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verb

(geology) to alluviate

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