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太陽系

taai3 joeng4 hai6

tai4 yang2 xi4

Solar System - with the Sun (太陽) which is a star (恆星) at the core being circled by nine planets (行星) which include Mercury (水星), Venus (金星), Earth (地球), Mars (火星)﹐ Jupiter (木星), Saturn (土星)﹐ Uranus (天王星), Neptune (海王星), Pluto (冥王星). The planets may also have satellites (衛星) orbiting them.

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太陽系 / 太阳系

太 taai3 tai4 - too, extremely
陽 joeng4 yang2 chang2 - sun, solar
系 hai6 xi4 - system; department

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This word was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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