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林芝

Mandarin · pinyin Lín zhī

see 林芝市 Lín zhī Shì

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林: lín · forest, grove; surname
芝: zhī · sesame; a purplish or brown mushroom thought to have miraculous powers; 'a divine and felicitous plant' (Karlgren)

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2–1 · Lin2 zhi1

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(～市, formerly ～地區) Nyingchi (a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, formerly a prefecture)
(historical) (～縣) Nyingchi (a former county of Nyingchi prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; now Bayi district of the prefecture-level city of Nyingchi)

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