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蛎鹬

lì yù

2-character word Traditional 蠣鷸

What 蛎鹬 means

1. (bird species of China) Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

The characters in 蛎鹬

• 蛎lìoyster
• 鹬yùcommon snipe; sandpiper

Sounds the same

Read lì yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 利欲cupidity

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