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野外放養

简野外放养 · 繁野外放養

Mandarin · pinyin yě wài fàng yǎng

free-range (breeding livestock or poultry)

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野: yě · open country, field; wilderness
外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
放: fàng · put, release, free, liberate
養: yǎng · raise, rear, bring up; support
养: yǎng · raise, rear, bring up; support

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3–4–4–3 · ye3 wai4 fang4 yang3

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je5 ngoi6 fong3 joeng5

Cantonese word readings for 野外放養. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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