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細紋葦鶯

简细纹苇莺 · 繁細紋葦鶯

Mandarin · pinyin xì wén wěi yīng

(bird species of China) speckled reed warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus)

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細: xì · fine, tiny; slender, thin
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细: xì · fine, tiny; slender, thin
纹: wén · line, streak, stripe; wrinkle
苇: wěi · reed
莺: yīng · oriole, green finch; Sylvia species (various)

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4–2–3–1 · xi4 wen2 wei3 ying1

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sai3 man4 wai5 ang1

Cantonese word readings for 細紋葦鶯. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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