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短尾信天翁

Mandarin · pinyin duǎn wěi xìn tiān wēng

(bird species of China) short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)

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短: duǎn · short; brief; deficient, lacking
尾: wěi · tail, extremity; end, stern; 6th lunar mansion, determinative star μ¹ Scorpii (Xamidimura)
信: xìn · trust, believe; letter
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
翁: wēng · old man; father, father-in-law

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3–3–4–1–1 · duan3 wei3 xin4 tian1 weng1

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