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長臂猿

coeng4 bei3 jyun4

chang2 bi4 yuan2

gibbon; [粵]: a turntable ladder on a fire engine (lit., "long armed ape")

Level: 3

長臂猿 / 长臂猿

長 coeng4 zoeng2 zoeng6 chang2 {zhang3} {zhang4} - long; length
臂 bei3 bei4 bi4 {bei5} | bei5 {bei4 bi - the arms (human being, tools, machine, etc.)
猿 jyun4 yuan2 - [n] ape; gibbon

This word was added by bybell on 30th Oct 2005 and last edited on 12th Jun 2008

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