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蝸行

简蜗行 · 繁蝸行

Mandarin · pinyin wō xíng

to advance at a snail's pace

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行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
蜗: wō · a snail, Eulota callizoma

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1–2 · wo1 xing2

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