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紅豆
简 红豆 · 繁 紅豆Mandarin · pinyin hóng dòu
Meanings
- azuki bean; red bean
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2–4 · hong2 dou4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hung4 dau2 · hung4 dau6
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noun
- azuki bean; red bean (Vigna angularis)
- Any of the tropical or subtropical Chinese woody leguminous plants that bear hard scarlet seeds, including:
- Any of the tropical or subtropical Chinese woody leguminous plants that bear hard scarlet seeds, including: — Adenanthera microsperma
- Any of the tropical or subtropical Chinese woody leguminous plants that bear hard scarlet seeds, including: — Abrus precatorius
- Any of the tropical or subtropical Chinese woody leguminous plants that bear hard scarlet seeds, including: — Ormosia hosiei
- (Heilongjiang) lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
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