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淡眉柳鶯

简淡眉柳莺 · 繁淡眉柳鶯

Mandarin · pinyin dàn méi liǔ yīng

(bird species of China) Hume's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus humei)

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淡: dàn · weak, watery; insipid, tasteless
眉: méi · eyebrows; upper margin of book
柳: liǔ · willow tree; pleasure; 24th lunar mansion, determinative star δ Hydrae
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莺: yīng · oriole, green finch; Sylvia species (various)

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4–2–3–1 · dan4 mei2 liu3 ying1

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daam6 mei4 lau5 ang1

Cantonese word readings for 淡眉柳鶯. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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