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臨川

简临川 · 繁臨川

Mandarin · pinyin Lín chuān

see 臨川區 Lín chuān Qū

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臨: Look up this written character
川: chuān · stream, river; flow; boil
临: lín · draw near, approach; descend

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2–1 · Lin2 chuan1

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verb

to be facing a river

name

(～郡) (historical) Linchuan Commandery (an ancient commandery in modern-day Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China)
(～區, formerly ～縣, ～市) Linchuan District (a district of Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China)

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