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食物鏈

简食物链 · 繁食物鏈

Mandarin · pinyin shí wù liàn

food chain

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食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
物: wù · thing, substance, creature
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链: liàn · chain, wire, cable; chain, shack

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2–4–4 · shi2 wu4 lian4

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sik6 mat6 lin2

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noun

(ecology) food chain

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