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焉耆

Mandarin · pinyin Yān qí

see 焉耆回族自治縣 Yān qí Huí zú Zì zhì xiàn

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焉: yān · thereupon, then; how? why? where?
耆: qí · man of sixty; aged, old

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1–2 · Yan1 qi2

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(historical) Karashahr
(～回族自治縣, ～縣) Yanqi Hui Autonomous County (a county of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China)

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