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漣水

简涟水 · 繁漣水

Mandarin · pinyin Lián shuǐ

see 漣水縣 Lián shuǐ Xiàn

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水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
涟: lián · flowing water; ripples; weeping

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2–3 · Lian2 shui3

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lin4 seoi2

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name

a river in Hunan
(～縣) Lianshui (a county of Jiangsu, China)

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