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cheese radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (乾酪根) 乾酪
simp. (干酪根) 干酪
 
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Etymology

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Phono-semantic matching of English kerogen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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乾酪根

  1. (chiefly Mainland China) kerogen