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食蟲植物

简食虫植物 · 繁食蟲植物

Mandarin · pinyin shí chóng zhí wù

insectivorous plant

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食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
蟲: chóng · worms; insects
植: zhí · plant, trees, plants; grow
物: wù · thing, substance, creature
虫: chóng · insects, worms; Kangxi radical 142

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2–2–2–4 · shi2 chong2 zhi2 wu4

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sik6 cung4 zik6 mat6

Cantonese word readings for 食蟲植物. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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