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落土

Mandarin · pinyin luò tǔ

(of seeds etc) to fall to the ground
(of the sun or moon) to set

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落: luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
土: tǔ · soil, earth; items made of earth

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4–3 · luo4 tu3

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verb · Etymology 1

(of the sun or the moon) to set
(Hokkien) to bury; to inter

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