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粽葉

简粽叶 · 繁粽葉

Mandarin · pinyin zòng yè

leaf (usually bamboo or reed leaf) used to wrap sticky rice dumplings 粽子 zòng zi

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粽: zòng · dumpling made of glutinous rice
葉: yè · leaf, petal; page of book; period
叶: yè · to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf

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4–4 · zong4 ye4

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