Āi dí kǎ lā jìdictionary entry
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Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
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Original source entry:

埃迪卡拉紀 埃迪卡拉纪 [Ai1 di2 ka3 la1 ji4] /Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era/

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Other forms in these source records: 埃迪卡拉紀

  • 埃
    āi

    dust / dirt / angstrom / phonetic ai or e

    Āi

    abbr. for Egypt 埃及[Āi jí] or Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亞|埃塞俄比亚[Āi sài é bǐ yà]

  • 迪
    dí

    to enlighten

  • 卡
    kǎ

    to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhāng],片[piàn] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[kǎ lù lǐ]) / cassette

    qiǎ

    to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [kǎ]

  • 拉
    lā

    to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels

    lá

    to make a cut in (sth) / to slit / to gash / to slash

    là

    used in 拉拉蛄[là là gǔ]

  • 纪
    jì

    order / discipline / age / era / period / to chronicle

    Jǐ

    surname Ji / also pr. [Jì]

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