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"word": "文蜃"
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"word": "歸蜃"
},
{
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"word": "归蜃"
},
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"roman": "hǎishìshènlóu",
"word": "海市蜃樓"
},
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"roman": "hǎishìshènlóu",
"word": "海市蜃楼"
},
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"word": "海蜃"
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{
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"word": "火蜃"
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{
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"word": "白蜃"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "白蜃雲"
},
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"word": "白蜃云"
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"word": "蚌蜃"
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"word": "蛟蜃"
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"word": "蛤蜃"
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"word": "蜃器"
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"word": "蜃壁"
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"word": "蜃女"
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"word": "蜃市"
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"roman": "shènjǐng",
"word": "蜃景"
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"roman": "shènlóu",
"word": "蜃樓"
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"roman": "shènlóu",
"word": "蜃楼"
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"word": "蜃樓山市"
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"word": "蜃楼山市"
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"word": "蜃樓海市"
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"word": "蜃楼海市"
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"word": "蜃母樓"
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"word": "蜃母楼"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃氛"
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"word": "蜃氣"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃气"
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"word": "蜃氣樓"
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"word": "蜃气楼"
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"word": "蜃海"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃浪"
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"word": "蜃灰"
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"word": "蜃灶"
},
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"word": "蜃炭"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃牆"
},
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"word": "蜃墙"
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"word": "蜃珧"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃窗"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃精"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃綍"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃𰬘"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃臺"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃台"
},
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"word": "蜃蛤"
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"word": "蜃衛"
},
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"word": "蜃卫"
},
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"word": "蜃貝"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃贝"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃車"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃车"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃輅"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃辂"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃醢"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃閣"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃阁"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃闕"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃阙"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃雲"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃云"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃霓"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃風"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜃风"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "蠯蜃"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "赤蜃"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "黑蜃"
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"pron": "OC *djɯns, *djɯnʔ, *djins"
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"2": "5th earthly branch; dragon"
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"english": "Pheasants enter the great water and become large clams",
"ref": "From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "zhì rù dàshuǐ wèi shèn [Pinyin]",
"text": "雉入大水為蜃 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]\n雉入大水为蜃 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]",
"type": "example"
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"a type of large shellfish; a type of large bivalve; clam"
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"Speculative fiction",
"Culture",
"Artistic works",
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"Society",
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"text": "蜃景 ― shènjǐng ― mirage",
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"ref": "From: The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE",
"roman": "Hǎipáng shènqì xiàng lóutái, guǎngyě qì chéng gōngquè rán. [Pinyin]By the sea, the clamʼs mist resembles towers; in the wild expanse, mist becomes palaces thus.",
"text": "海旁蜃氣象樓臺，廣野氣成宮闕然。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n海旁蜃气象楼台，广野气成宫阙然。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
"type": "example"
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{
"english": "Before the door, the drakes blow mist; on the coir, the orchids emit fragrance.",
"ref": "From: 齊己 (Qí Jǐ) 《湘江漁父》 \"The Fisherman on Xiang River\", in 《全唐詩》 Quan Tangshi.",
"roman": "Ménqián jiāoshèn qì, suōshàng huìlán xīn. [Pinyin]",
"text": "門前蛟蜃氣，蓑上蕙蘭馨。 [MSC, trad.]\n门前蛟蜃气，蓑上蕙兰馨。 [MSC, simp.]",
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"the shen, a shapeshifting aquatic monster originally imagined as a clam and later as a type of dragon"
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"(historical) ritual vessel painted with images of clam"
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"word": "蜃炭"
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"glosses": [
"Short for 蜃炭."
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"(historical) Short for 蜃炭."
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"zh-pron": "shèn"
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"zh-pron": "shen⁴"
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{
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"zh-pron": "ㄕㄣˋ"
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"zh-pron": "san⁵"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "san⁶"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "san⁴"
},
{
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"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "sīn"
},
{
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"POJ"
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"zh-pron": "sǐn"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Teochew"
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"zh-pron": "sing⁵"
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{
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"zh-pron": "shèn"
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{
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"zh-pron": "shèn"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "shên⁴"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "shèn"
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{
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"zh-pron": "shenn"
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{
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"zh-pron": "шэнь"
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{
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"zh-pron": "šɛnʹ"
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"zh-pron": "sáhn"
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{
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "sahn"
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{
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "sàhn"
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{
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"zh-pron": "san⁵"
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"Pinyin"
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"zh-pron": "san⁶"
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{
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{
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],
"zh-pron": "sen⁵"
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{
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "sen⁶"
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{
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{
"ipa": "/sɐn¹³/",
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{
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{
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"zh-pron": "sīn"
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{
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"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "sin"
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{
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"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sin²²/",
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"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou"
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{
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},
{
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "dzyinX"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "dzyinH"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*[d]ərʔ/"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*djɯns/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*djɯnʔ/"
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{
"tags": [
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"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*djins/"
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{
"ipa": "/ʂən⁵¹/"
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{
"ipa": "/sɐn¹³/"
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{
"ipa": "/sɐn²²/"
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{
"ipa": "/sɐn²¹/"
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{
"ipa": "/sin³³/"
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "蜃"
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"derived": [
{
"word": "文蜃"
},
{
"word": "歸蜃"
},
{
"word": "归蜃"
},
{
"roman": "hǎishìshènlóu",
"word": "海市蜃樓"
},
{
"roman": "hǎishìshènlóu",
"word": "海市蜃楼"
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{
"word": "海蜃"
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{
"word": "火蜃"
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{
"word": "白蜃"
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{
"word": "白蜃雲"
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{
"word": "白蜃云"
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{
"word": "蚌蜃"
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{
"word": "蛟蜃"
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{
"word": "蛤蜃"
},
{
"word": "蜃器"
},
{
"word": "蜃壁"
},
{
"word": "蜃女"
},
{
"word": "蜃市"
},
{
"roman": "shènjǐng",
"word": "蜃景"
},
{
"roman": "shènlóu",
"word": "蜃樓"
},
{
"roman": "shènlóu",
"word": "蜃楼"
},
{
"word": "蜃樓山市"
},
{
"word": "蜃楼山市"
},
{
"word": "蜃樓海市"
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{
"word": "蜃楼海市"
},
{
"word": "蜃母樓"
},
{
"word": "蜃母楼"
},
{
"word": "蜃氛"
},
{
"word": "蜃氣"
},
{
"word": "蜃气"
},
{
"word": "蜃氣樓"
},
{
"word": "蜃气楼"
},
{
"word": "蜃海"
},
{
"word": "蜃浪"
},
{
"word": "蜃灰"
},
{
"word": "蜃灶"
},
{
"word": "蜃炭"
},
{
"word": "蜃牆"
},
{
"word": "蜃墙"
},
{
"word": "蜃珧"
},
{
"word": "蜃窗"
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"word": "蜃精"
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"word": "蜃綍"
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"word": "蜃𰬘"
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"word": "蜃臺"
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"word": "蜃台"
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"word": "蜃蛤"
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"word": "蜃衛"
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"word": "蜃卫"
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"word": "蜃貝"
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"word": "蜃贝"
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"word": "蜃車"
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"word": "蜃车"
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"word": "蜃輅"
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"word": "蜃醢"
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"word": "蜃閣"
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"word": "蜃阁"
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"word": "蜃闕"
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"word": "蜃阙"
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{
"word": "蜃雲"
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"word": "蜃云"
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"word": "蜃霓"
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{
"word": "蜃風"
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"word": "蜃风"
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},
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"tags": [
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