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上都

Mandarin · pinyin Shàng dū

Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)

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上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
都: dōu · dū · metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined

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4–1 · Shang4 du1

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(historical) synonym of 薊 /蓟 (Jì), Ji (a former city in Beijing, China) as a capital of Yan
(historical) Xanadu (the summer capital of the Yuan dynasty, now an archaeological site in Zhenglan, Xilingol, Inner Mongolia, China)

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