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長腳秧雞

简长脚秧鸡 · 繁長腳秧雞

Mandarin · pinyin cháng jiǎo yāng jī

(bird species of China) corn crake (Crex crex)

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
腳: jiǎo · foot; base, leg, foundation
秧: yāng · rice seedlings, young rice plants
雞: jī · chickens; domestic fowl
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
脚: jiǎo · leg, foot; base, leg, foundation
鸡: jī · chicken

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2–3–1–1 · chang2 jiao3 yang1 ji1

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coeng4 goek3 joeng1 gai1

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