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長頸鹿

简长颈鹿 · 繁長頸鹿

Mandarin · pinyin cháng jǐng lù

giraffe
Classifier: 隻 zhī

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
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鹿: lù · deer; surname; Kangxi radical 198
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
颈: jǐng · neck, throat

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2–3–4 · chang2 jing3 lu4

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coeng4 geng2 luk2

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noun

giraffe (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 頭／头 m)

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