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羅城

简罗城 · 繁羅城

Mandarin · pinyin luó chéng#

a second wall built around a city wall

Mandarin · pinyin Luó chéng#

see 羅城仫佬族自治縣 Luó chéng Mù lǎo zú Zì zhì xiàn

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城: chéng · castle; city, town; municipality
罗: luó · net for catching birds; gauze

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2–2 · luo2 cheng2

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name

(～仡佬族自治縣, ～縣) Longsheng (an autonomous county of Hechi, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
(historical) Luocheng or La Thanh, a name used for the major Chinese fortifications at a succession of different locations within present-day Hanoi

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(literary, historical) wall built around a city wall

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