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"text": "karung guni，报纸，旧衫裤，歹黎撩，电视机",
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"ref": "2004 November 8, Andrew Wood, Today, Singapore: Mediacorp Press, →OCLC, page 16:",
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},
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"ipa": "/-ɹɒŋ -/"
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