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Mandarin · pinyin Nán yuàn

Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing

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南: nán · south; southern part; southward
苑: yuàn · pasture, park, garden; mansion

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2–4 · Nan2 yuan4

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(～街道) Nanyuan (a subdistrict of Xiling district, Yichang, Hubei, China)

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