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生物質

简生物质 · 繁生物質

Mandarin · pinyin shēng wù zhì

biomass

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生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
物: wù · thing, substance, creature
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质: zhì · matter, material, substance

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1–4–4 · sheng1 wu4 zhi4

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