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黑曜石

Mandarin · pinyin hēi yào shí

obsidian (mining)

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黑: hēi · black; dark; evil, sinister; Kangxi radical 203
曜: yào · glorious, as sun; daylight, sunlight; one of the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy (the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
石: shí · stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112

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1–4–2 · hei1 yao4 shi2

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noun

(mineralogy) obsidian

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