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简红河 · 繁紅河

Mandarin · pinyin Hóng Hé#

Red River, principal river of northern Vietnam, originating in Yunnan (southwestern China)

Mandarin · pinyin Hóng hé#

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紅: hóng · red, vermillion; blush, flush
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
红: hóng · red, vermillion; blush, flush

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Red River (a river in northern Vietnam and Yunnan, southern China)
(～哈尼族彝族自治州, ～州) Honghe (a Hani and Yao autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China)
(～縣) Honghe (a county of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China)

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