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平江

Mandarin · pinyin Píng jiāng

see 平江縣 Píng jiāng Xiàn

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平: píng · flat, level, even; peaceful
江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname

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2–1 · Ping2 jiang1

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(～縣) Pingjiang (a county of Yueyang, Hunan, China)
(～府, ～路) (historical) Pingjiang (a historical commandery and circuit of China during the Song and Yuan dynasties respectively, whose capital was located in the counties of Wu (吳縣／吴县) and Changzhou (長洲／长洲) in present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu)

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