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耳墜子

简耳坠子 · 繁耳墜子

Mandarin · pinyin ěr zhuì zi

eardrops (pendant jewelry)
earrings
Classifier: 對 duì, 隻 zhī

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耳: ěr · ear; merely, only; handle; Kangxi radical 128
墜: Look up this written character
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
坠: zhuì · fall down, drop, sink, go to ruin

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3–4–5 · er3 zhui4 zi5

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ji5 zeoi6 zi2

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noun

earring; eardrop

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