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Mandarin · pinyin shí zhù#

stela
upright stone
obelisk

Mandarin · pinyin Shí zhù#

Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶 Chóng qìng

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石: shí · stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112
柱: zhù · pillar, post; support; lean on

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2–4 · shi2 zhu4

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noun

stone pillar; stone column; stela

name

(～土家族自治縣) Shizhu (a Tujia autonomous county of Chongqing, China)
(～鎮) Shizhu (a town in Yongkang, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China)

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