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美汁源

Mandarin · pinyin Měi zhī yuán

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美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
汁: zhī · juice, liquor, fluid, sap, gravy, sauce
源: yuán · spring; source, head; surname

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3–1–2 · Mei3 zhi1 yuan2

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