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桃源

Mandarin · pinyin táo yuán#

see 桃花源 táo huā yuán

Mandarin · pinyin Táo yuán#

see 桃源縣 Táo yuán Xiàn
see 桃源區 Táo yuán Qū

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桃: táo · peach; marriage; surname
源: yuán · spring; source, head; surname

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2–2 · tao2 yuan2

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noun

(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 桃花源 (táohuāyuán, “The Peach Blossom Land; Shangri-La; Arcadia; lotus land; utopia”)

name

(～區, formerly ～鄉) Taoyuan (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, formerly a rural township)
(～縣) Taoyuan County (a county of Hunan, China)
(～鄉) Taoyuan (a township in Zhuxi, Shiyan, Hubei, China)

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