埃 迪 卡 拉

Āi dí kǎ lādictionary entry

Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era

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Original source entry:

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

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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]

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