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白杜鵑

baak6 dou6 gyun1

Rhododendron mucronatum (white azalea)

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

白杜鵑

This word was added by bybell on 14th Jun 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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白 baak6 bai2 - white; clear; pure
杜 dou6 du4 - to shut out; to stop; to prevent
鵑 gyun1 juan1 - [1] correct form of &#x [2] the cuckoo [3] [n]

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