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美味牛肝菌

Mandarin · pinyin měi wèi niú gān jùn

porcino (Boletus edulis)

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美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
味: wèi · taste, smell, odor; delicacy
牛: niú · cow, ox, bull; Kangxi radical 93; 9th lunar mansion, determinative star β Capricorni (Dabih)
肝: gān · liver
菌: jūn · mushroom; germ, microbe

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3–4–2–1–4 · mei3 wei4 niu2 gan1 jun4

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