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常山

Mandarin · pinyin Cháng shān

see 常山縣 Cháng shān Xiàn

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常: cháng · common, normal, frequent, regular
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak

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2–1 · Chang2 shan1

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name

(～郡) (historical) Changshan Commandery (near present-day Shijiazhuang)
(～縣) Changshan (a county of Quzhou, Zhejiang, China)
(avoiding naming taboo) Alternative term for 恆山／恒山 (Héng Shān, “Mount Heng”).

noun

(traditional Chinese medicine) Dichroa febrifuga

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