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"ref": "2006, Bobbie Kalman, Robin R. Johnson, Koalas and Other Marsupials, Crabtree Publishing Company, page 9",
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"roman": "xiǎodàishǔ",
"sense": "kangaroo joey",
"word": "小袋鼠"
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": xiǎo dàishǔ vs. xiǎodàishǔ",
"path": [
"joey"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "joey",
"trace": ""
}
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