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螞蚱

简蚂蚱 · 繁螞蚱

Mandarin · pinyin mà zha

(dialect) locust
grasshopper

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蚱: zhà · grasshopper; (edible) locust; cicada
蚂: mǎ · ant; leech

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4–5 · ma4 zha5

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maa6 zaa3

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noun

(colloquial) grasshopper
(Xinzhou Jin) katydid

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