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意大利面

yì dà lì miàn

4-character word Traditional 意大利麵

What 意大利面 means

1. spaghetti; pasta

The characters in 意大利面

• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 面miànface; side; surface

Example sentences

• 意大利面！
  Pasta!

Sounds the same

Read yì dà lì miàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 义大利面(Taiwan) spaghetti; pasta

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