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简蓬莱 · 繁蓬萊

Mandarin · pinyin Péng lái

(Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland
see 蓬萊區 Péng lái Qū

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蓬: péng · type of raspberry; fairyland
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莱: lái · goosefoot, weed; fallow field

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name · Etymology 1

(Chinese mythology) Penglai (a mythical eastern isle of immortals)
(by extension) fairyland
(～區, formerly ～縣, ～市) Penglai (a district, former county, and former county-level city of Yantai, Shandong, China)

noun · Etymology 2

(literary) wilderness

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