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"An international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft."
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft",
"word": "遇險信號"
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"roman": "yùxiǎn xìnhào",
"sense": "international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft",
"word": "遇险信号"
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"sense": "international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft",
"word": "сигна́л бе́дствия"
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"roman": "signál \"terplju bedstvije\"",
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"sense": "international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft",
"word": "遇險信號"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "yùxiǎn xìnhào",
"sense": "international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft",
"word": "遇险信号"
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"sense": "international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft",
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"sense": "international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft",
"word": "mayday"
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"sense": "international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft",
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"word": "σήμα κινδύνου"
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"roman": "signál bédstvija",
"sense": "international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft",
"word": "сигна́л бе́дствия"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "radiosignal bédstvija",
"sense": "international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft",
"word": "радиосигнал бе́дствия"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "signál \"terplju bedstvije\"",
"sense": "international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft",
"word": "сигна́л \"терплю бедствие\""
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