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金毛

Mandarin · pinyin jīn máo

blond fur; golden hair
(coll.) golden retriever

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金: jīn · gold; metals in general; money; Kangxi radical 167
毛: máo · hair, fur, feathers; coarse

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1–2 · jin1 mao2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gam1 mou1

Cantonese word readings for 金毛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

blond hair (Classifier: 條／条 m c)
blond; (young) person with blond hair (especially bleached) (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
(～犬, ～尋回犬) Golden Retriever

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