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面雨量

Mandarin · pinyin miàn yǔ liàng

areal precipitation

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面: miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
雨: yǔ · rain; rainy; Kangxi radical 173
量: liàng · measure, quantity, capacity

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4–3–4 · mian4 yu3 liang4

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