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northern
/nɔrðɚn/
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1 · adjective
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
北方
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In China, southern people eat rice as staple food; northern people eat wheaten food as staple food.
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在中国，南方人以米饭为主食，北方人以面食为主食。
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