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巴東

简巴东 · 繁巴東

Mandarin · pinyin Bā dōng

see 巴東縣 Bā dōng Xiàn

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
東: dōng · east, eastern, eastward
东: dōng · east, eastern, eastward

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1–1 · Ba1 dong1

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(～縣) Badong (a county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)
(～市) Padang (a city, the capital city of West Sumatra, Indonesia)
(～縣) Badung (a regency of Indonesia)
(～區) Patong (beach and town on Phuket's west coast, Thailand)

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