sao biển
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starfish
Noun
starfish
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Noun
starfish
A marine animal with a flat, star-shaped body and five or more arms.
vi Chúng tôi tìm thấy một con sao biển trên bãi cát.
en We found a starfish on the sand.
Parts
sao / biển / A compound of sao + biển. Compare Chinese 海星 …
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Parts
sao / biển / A compound of sao + biển. Compare Chinese 海星 …
OriginA compound of sao + biển. Compare Chinese 海星
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
牢扁
Candidates by syllable
sao
牢
biển
扁（𣷷 / 𤅶）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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vì sao / ngôi sao / bản sao / siêu sao …
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vì sao / ngôi sao / bản sao / siêu sao …