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茅山

Mandarin · pinyin Máo Shān

Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容 Jù róng, Jiangsu Province

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茅: máo · reeds, rushes, grass; surname
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak

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2–1 · Mao2 Shan1

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maau4 saan1

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name

Maoshan (a mountain in Jiangsu, China, with connections to Taoism)

noun

(Gan) a kind of Taoist priest that drives away evil spirits

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