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西牆

简西墙 · 繁西牆

Mandarin · pinyin Xī qiáng

Western Wall, or Wailing Wall (Jerusalem)

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
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墙: qiáng · wall

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1–2 · Xi1 qiang2

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sai1 coeng4

Cantonese word readings for 西牆. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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