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塘

Mandarin · pinyin táng

dyke
embankment
pool or pond
hot-water bathing pool

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塘: táng · pond; tank; dike, embankment

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tong4

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embankment: dike, levee, seawall
pond (Classifier: 個／个; 眼 c)
bathing pool
pit-shaped thing
(Hong Kong Cantonese, swimming) lap; length (distance equal to the length of a swimming pool) (Classifier: 個／个 c)
(Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, Nanning Pinghua) unit of distance equivalent to 10 li

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