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沙灘老鼠

saa1 taan1 lou5 syu2

sha1 tan1 lao3 shu3

beach robbers

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

沙灘老鼠 / 沙滩老鼠

This word was added by Steph_fr on 4th Aug 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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沙 saa1 sha1 - sand
灘 taan1 tan1 han3 nan4 tan4 - bank; beach; shoal; sandback
老 lou5 lao3 - old, venerable
鼠 syu2 shu3 - rat; mouse

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