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表面外膜

Mandarin · pinyin biǎo miàn wài mó

surface coat

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表: biǎo · show, express, manifest, display
面: miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
膜: mó · membrane; to kneel and worship

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3–4–4–2 · biao3 mian4 wai4 mo2

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biu2 min6 ngoi6 mok2

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