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食人鯊

简食人鲨 · 繁食人鯊

Mandarin · pinyin shí rén shā

man-eating shark
same as 大白鯊 dà bái shā, great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

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食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
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鲨: shā · shark

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2–2–1 · shi2 ren2 sha1

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sik6 jan4 saa1

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