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老街

Mandarin · pinyin lǎo jiē#

old street

Mandarin · pinyin Lǎo jiē#

Lao Cai, Vietnam
Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar)

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老: lǎo · old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
街: jiē · street, road, thoroughfare

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3–1 · lao3 jie1

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noun

old town, historic district
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 老 (lǎo), 街 (jiē).

name

(～省) Lào Cai (a province of Vietnam)
(～市) Lào Cai (a ward of Lào Cai Province, Vietnam)
(～市) Laukkai (the capital city of Kokang, Shan, Myanmar)
(～鎮) Laojie Town (name of several townships in China)

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