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南平

Mandarin · pinyin Nán píng

see 南平市 Nán píng Shì

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南: nán · south; southern part; southward
平: píng · flat, level, even; peaceful

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2–2 · Nan2 ping2

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(～市) Nanping (a prefecture-level city of Fujian, China)
synonym of 荆南 (Jīngnán, “Jingnan, one of the Ten Kingdoms of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period”)
(～鎮) Nanping (a town in Gong'an, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)

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