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航空母艦戰鬥群

简航空母舰战斗群 · 繁航空母艦戰鬥群

Mandarin · pinyin háng kōng mǔ jiàn zhàn dòu qún

carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG)
naval battle group led by an aircraft carrier

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航: háng · sail; navigate; ship, boat
空: kōng · empty, hollow, bare, deserted
母: mǔ · mother; female elders; female
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群: qún · group, crowd, multitude, mob
舰: jiàn · warship
战: zhàn · war, fighting, battle
斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii

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2–1–3–4–4–4–2 · hang2 kong1 mu3 jian4 zhan4 dou4 qun2

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