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天台

Mandarin · pinyin Tiān tāi

Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗
Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州 Tāi zhōu, Zhejiang

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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
台: tái · platform; unit; term of address

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(alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 天台山 (Tiāntāi Shān).
Tiantai (a county of Taizhou, Zhejiang, China)
(Buddhism) Tiantai (a school of Mahayana Buddhism that stresses the Lotus Sutra)

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