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Mandarin · pinyin Piān guān

see 偏關縣 Piān guān Xiàn

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偏: piān · inclined one side; slanting
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关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation

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1–1 · Pian1 guan1

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synonym of 偏頭關 /偏头关 (Piāntóuguān), Piantou (a mountain pass and important gate in the Great Wall in Shanxi, China)
(～縣) Pianguan (a county of Xinzhou prefecture, Shanxi, China)

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