翎毛

Mandarin · pinyin líng máo

Meanings

  1. feather
  2. plume
  3. plumage
  4. Classifier: 根 gēn
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翎
líng · feather; plume; wing
毛
máo · hair, fur, feathers; coarse
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2–2 · ling2 mao2

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