"靈長" meaning in Chinese

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          "english": "What a piece of work is a man!... the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals!",
          "ref": "人類是一件多麼了不得的傑作！……宇宙的精華！萬物的靈長！ [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "人类是一件多么了不得的杰作！……宇宙的精华！万物的灵长！ [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: Hamlet, translated by 朱生豪, 1943\nRénlèi shì yī jiàn duōme liǎobùdé de jiézuò!...... Yǔzhòu de jīnghuá! Wànwù de língzhǎng! [Pinyin]",
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        "a nickname of humans (Homo sapiens)."
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        "(poetic) a nickname of humans (Homo sapiens)."
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          "靈長類",
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          "灵长类",
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      "zh-pron": "língzhǎng"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ"
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      "zh-pron": "ling⁴ zoeng²"
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      "zh-pron": "língzhǎng"
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      "zh-pron": "língjhǎng"
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      "zh-pron": "lingjaang"
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      "zh-pron": "линчжан"
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      "zh-pron": "linčžan"
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      "zh-pron": "língzhǎng"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ"
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