天府之國

简 天府之国 · 繁 天府之國
Mandarin · pinyin tiān fǔ zhī guó

Meanings

  1. (idiom) land of plenty (usu. used in reference to Sichuan)
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天
tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
府
fǔ · prefecture; prefect; government
之
zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
國
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国
guó · nation, country, nation-state
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1–3–1–2 · tian1 fu3 zhi1 guo2

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tin1 fu2 zi1 gwok3

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tin1 fu2 zi1 gwok3

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noun

  1. (poetic) Sichuan (a province in central China)
  2. (poetic) Chengdu (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China)

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