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銀燕

简银燕 · 繁銀燕

Mandarin · pinyin yín yàn

(literary) airplane

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燕: yàn · swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy
银: yín · silver; cash, money, wealth

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2–4 · yin2 yan4

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noun

(figurative) airplane; plane (Classifier: 架 m c; 臺／台 m mn; 隻／只 mn)

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