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五嶺

简五岭 · 繁五嶺

Mandarin · pinyin wǔ lǐng

the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺 Dà yǔ lǐng, Dupang 都龐嶺 Dū páng lǐng, Qitian 騎田嶺 Qí tián lǐng, Mengzhu 萌渚嶺 Méng zhǔ lǐng and Yuecheng 越城嶺 Yuè chéng lǐng

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五: wǔ · five; surname
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岭: lǐng · mountain ridge, mountain peak

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the Five Ridges (across the borders between Hunan and Jiangxi on the one hand and Guangdong and Guangxi on the other)

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